An Open Letter To
Black Lives Matter:
How to avoid being ensnared in the ongoing Federal
operation 'Ni∓∓er Catcher' and 'Black
Snare', run out of the US intelligence
community and certain sections of Law Enforcement.
These operations do exist, though naturally not with
those pejorative titles. They are not legal, nor are
they officially recognized but key people in high
positions run these operations that specifically
target Black Americans and certain White Americans
who seek justice, truth and use their rights to
bring these things back to our once great nation.
The impetus comes from the US Intelligence community
- LE does the footwork. This is what they did to so
many civil rights leaders back in the 60's and 70's.
They have honed their skills for the technology of
the 21st century.

Hasn't
Happened Yet: Repentance

Today,
let's talk about repentance.
Most of you remember I wrote a
piece back in April called
Covid-19 Thoughts, where I
touched on this issue in
relation to the Pandemic. I
believed then and even more so
now that if there was (is) no
repentance, even worse things
could very well follow for the
nation. That post is still on
this page, towards the bottom.

I have not seen anything
remotely like repentance out
there in the nation, have
you? While listening to the
radio yesterday and hearing
many of those from the
political left 'whine' about
how horrible it is being
Black in America, I never
once heard any sense of
responsibility for Black
America's state placed on
anyone who was Black. It was
always the police, the
government, Trump, 'the
system' but never many of
the self-created social
problems that exist in Black
communities that can only be
solved by Black
Americans. Start with out of
wedlock births and the YBM
who grow up without the
steady guiding hand of a
father. Don't think there is
a connection between that
and many Black cities crime
rates?

I am not going to go on a
rant today about Black
America because this whole
spirit of 'whine' and
'entitlement' is prevalent
in all segments of
the country. Everyone wants
to blame someone else for
their situation, when as
often as not, the best place
to start to solve many of
these problems starts with a
four letter word - 'self'.

Now I am not
for one moment going to say
that Black Americans don't
have a right to be most
angry about the way some
cops treat us. It's a long
running scandal and if Trump
bears any responsibility for
it at all, it goes back to
some of the things he did
when he first took office
and AG Sessions was running
the DOJ. During the Obama
administration there were
some Bipartisan efforts to
really bring in Police
reform. One solution was
Consent Decree's set up with
many of the nations Police
Departments. But Sessions
ordered the DOJ to review
Consent Decree's. You can
find the actual Memo
here. A cursory search
on Sessions and Consent
Decree with yield up many
news stories on this,
including why the decree's
were needed in the first
place. So let it not be said
that I am not acutely
aware of this very serious
problem. If police reform
has been slow, The President
bears some of the blame.

But in America there has
been no deeper self analysis
of our individual or
collective behavior. No
thought about God and what
he thinks about our society,
which is swimming in rivers
of porn, sodomy, adultery,
hate, violence, fraud,
bribery, drugs and
corruption of every sort.
The nation has not embarked
on a rigid or even cursory
self examination. It has
continued on the way it has
with most people hoping
things go back to the way
they were before the
pandemic and now, these
riots.

You see, I see America as a
sick man walking. Like a man
who has cancer and does not
know it and only has a few
years to live, this is how I
see the country. Since there
is no immediate pain, the
subject does not realize he
is dying. So I see this
country. We have been dying
of a spiritual cancer for
some time and now the
symptoms are getting bad
enough where a 'medical'
professional needs to be
sought. This however is not
a medical condition, but a
spiritual and moral one.
America just does not really
understand how decadent she
has become and how fast she
is sliding in the wrong
direction.

Other nations see it, but we
don't. We have exchanged the
word freedom with freedom
from personal
responsibility; freedom from
doing right over doing
wrong; freedom has turned
into license and license to
licentiousness. This is what
freedom has turned into and
we have made a mess of one
of the greatest political
experiments ever to be
embarked upon.

That
experiment was that a free
people can freely elect
leaders who will govern us
and protect our rights,
persons and property. It was
a novel idea back in the day
and until about I would say
the late 20th century, it
worked fairly well. But as
the people became more
reprobate, so the system has
lost the basis for its
continued existence. Namely,
that the people who choose
who governed them had to
have a basic sense of right
and wrong, a respect for God
and understand their part in
the social, political and
economic system.

President Lincoln who
confronted the greatest
threat so far to that system
said it well.

"...that
this nation, under
God, shall
have a new birth of
freedom -- and that
government of the
people, by the people,
for the people, shall
not perish from the
earth."-
President Lincoln,
Gettysburg Address

As then
so now, the threat to that
form of government is not
coming so much from abroad,
but from within. Witness
these riots and with each
situation then and now, race
relations plays a key role.

I think
that what we are
witnessing is the
inevitable result of a
people who are more
concerned about rights
than responsibility,
particularly, personal
responsibility both to
their fellow man but more
importantly to God. It is
no coincidence that
Lincoln mentioned God in
his address.

When
a nation forgets God, they
are on a fast track to
self and later divine
destruction and that is
the path this nation is
on. We don't see it or
ourselves as being
decadent, but it is safe
to say that neither did
Sodom nor Gomorrah. They
were down right indignant
when Lot tried to correct
that attempted gang rape
of his house guests. Who
was he to judge them? 'Bring
our your guests so that
we can have some fun!'
That was the cry of the
wicked and while America
has not slipped that far
yet, she is rapidly moving
in that direction.

Look at the violence in
our cities. Look at what
is going on right now,
from coast to coast. Most
major cities have seen at
least some level of
disturbance. I read today
where several cops were
shot in last nights
protests.

I
just have long suspected
that this great American
democratic experiment is
on its way to failure, not
because it can't work, but
because it can't work with
the kinds of people who
now reside in the country.
This new generation of
people and even many of my
own age group, there just
seems to be something
fundamentally wrong with
them, their moral compass
and their ability to
process information.
Education, brainwashing,
media, propaganda... take
your pick of causes. I
think it boils down to
this. The nation and its
people at first started to
stray from God, and that
straying now has turned
into a rapid sprint away
from him and his ways. As
the new Left began to take
over America's schools
back in the 60's the whole
face of education changed
and with that came other
changes as well in society
as the early-age social
conditioning began to take
effect when the people got
older. Education became
more of a tool for social
indoctrination than for
education. It's why I
think we have so many
politically correct
half-wits in the country
today, Hypersensitive
wimps who are 'offended'
by anything that they
don't agree with and then
start taking
anti-depressants and often
try and turn their
thin-skin into a political
cause or some new medical
condition. My view is that
some of this emerging
generation of emotional
basket cases should not
even be allowed to walk
the streets alone at night
without adult supervision,
let alone walk into a
polling booth and vote.

I
am always struck by the
parallels that exist
between the US and Rome
and the social, economic
and political paths that
sent Rome downwards and
what is now sending the US
whirling down the same
socioeconomic loo.

No, what
this nation needs is a
strong dose of reality.
Spiritual reality that only
God can give. That
wickedness, licentiousness
and ignorance has its own
reward and that we may be
well on the way to reaping
it. If COVID-19 did not get
the nation's attention,
these riots might. If that
does not work, there may be
much more trouble from other
directions to come.

You see, I think the Lord is
slowly removing his hand of
protection from the country.
Not because he hates us but
because he is insisting that
the nation needs to change
direction and repent. Will
we? I rather think not, at
least not yet. Most people
don't see anything wrong
with how they live, the dope
they take, the adultery they
commit, the frauds they
engage in, the lies they
tell. They see everyone else
doing it and that is often
their justification. It's
the herd morality and its
going to send the nation
stampeding over a spiritual
cliff.

So no, I don't see any signs
of repentance yet, but God
may very will begin to turn
up the 'heat' so to speak so
that people begin to or
perhaps are forced to make
some spiritual choices.

God bless all who serve the
Lord, in Spirit and in Truth

Brother Mark

2 Jun

Know
Your Enemy III

I have
hesitated to post this on the
public site. But am going to
with some important caveat's.
This is not for baby
Christians. It's not for new
believers who may stumble over
some of this. I pray no one
stumbles over this. This is
for mature believers who
understand the spiritual
nature of our battle and know
want to get a deeper
understanding of the enemies
we face in the spiritual
world.

Also know this - I am not
trying to convince anyone of
anything along these
lines. I post this because I
know it can and will be of
considerable value and help to
many believers who may not be
aware of these things. If you
have problems with this, get
into your prayer closet and
seek the Lord about it. He who
listens to and obey's the Lord
will do well. But the times I
see coming soon makes a better
understanding of these things
than is currently being taught
in modern western Churches, I
think - imperative.

Last
section, we talked quoted from
the Book of Jude who spoke about
a certain class of fallen
spirits. Now I am going to quote
from Enoch to show you why Jude
is saying things that are not
witnessed to with much clarity
in other parts of the Bible.
Jude is clearly very familiar
with the book of Enoch as he
quotes from it. So let's take a
look at it, you may take or
leave what is said here, but I
think frankly, it is not
wise for any mature Christian to
completely ignore this.

Here
Enoch has gone to
make intercession on
behalf of these
fallen spirits
because of their
insistence. They
were very afraid
when they had heard
the Judgment of God
upon them for
leaving heaven and
mating with women
(see Gen
6). In
short, they were
scared out of
their wits
when they heard the
sentence from God.
Azazel was the chief
of the angels who
left heaven to come
down and mate with
women. He was 'the
instigator'.

And
Enoch went and
said: ‘Azâzêl,
thou shalt have no
peace: a severe
sentence has gone
forth against thee
to put thee in
bonds: And thou
shalt not have
toleration nor
request granted to
thee, because of
the
unrighteousness
which thou hast
taught, and
because of all the
works of
godlessness and
unrighteousness
and sin which thou
hast shown to
men.’ Then I
went and spoke
to them all
together, and
they were all
afraid, and fear
and trembling
seized them. And
they besought me
to draw up a
petition for
them that they
might find
forgiveness, and
to read their
petition in the
presence of the
Lord of heaven.
For from
thenceforward they
could not speak
(with Him) nor
lift up their eyes
to heaven for
shame of their
sins for which
they had been
condemned. - Enoch
13

What
was the result of
his intercession?

And
He answered and
said to me, and I
heard His voice:
‘Fear not, Enoch,
thou righteous man
and scribe of
righteousness:
approach hither
and hear my voice.
And go, say to the
Watchers of
heaven, who have
sent thee to
intercede for
them: “You should
intercede” for
men, and not men
for you: Wherefore
have ye left the
high, holy, and
eternal heaven,
and lain with
women, and defiled
yourselves with
the daughters of
men and taken to
yourselves wives,
and done like the
children of earth,
and begotten
giants (as your)
sons? And though
ye were holy,
spiritual, living
the eternal life,
you have defiled
yourselves with
the blood of
women, and have
begotten
(children) with
the blood of
flesh, and, as the
children of men,
have lusted after
flesh and blood as
those also do who
die and perish.

Therefore have I
given them wives
also that they
might impregnate
them, and beget
children by them,
that thus nothing
might be wanting
to them on earth.
But you were
formerly
spiritual, living
the eternal life,
and immortal for
all generations of
the world. And
therefore I have
not appointed
wives for you; for
as for the
spiritual ones of
the heaven, in
heaven is their
dwelling. And now,
the giants, who
are produced from
the spirits and
flesh, shall be
called evil
spirits upon the
earth, and on the
earth shall be
their dwelling.
Evil spirits
have proceeded
from their
bodies; because
they are born
from men and
from the holy
Watchers is
their beginning
and primal
origin; they
shall be evil
spirits on
earth, and evil
spirits shall
they be called.
[As for the
spirits of
heaven, in
heaven shall be
their dwelling,
but as for the
spirits of the
earth which were
born upon the
earth, on the
earth shall be
their dwelling.]
And the
spirits of the
giants afflict,
oppress, destroy,
attack, do battle,
and work
destruction on the
earth, and cause
trouble: they take
no food, but
nevertheless
hunger and thirst,
and cause
offences. And
these spirits
shall rise up
against the
children of men
and against the
women, because
they have
proceeded from
them. - Enoch
15

Those
of you who quote the
passage that says
that these things
cannot be because
the Bible says that
Angels are not given
to marriage are
correct. They are
not given into
marriage. These
however were rebels,
and this passage
explains this
clearly andwhy the
Lord forbade
marriage to them.
If we attain the
resurrection of the
dead we will be like
the angels and will
not be given to
marriage.

For
in the
resurrection they
neither marry,
nor are given in
marriage,
but are as angels
in heaven. (Mat
22:30 ASV)

So
from this passage we
can perhaps
understand why there
are demons (evil
spirits) who are NOT
bound up in chains
as Jude describes
and in fact, are not
even fallen angels,
but are the
spiritual remains of
those offspring whom
the fallen ones had.
This also, I believe
explains why they
can and want to
possess humans, they
once had bodies but
do no longer.

I
think it also
explains why Christ
had mercy on the
host of unclean
spirits who went
into the heard of
swine. They were
born through no
fault of their own
and yet there is
no plan of
salvation for them.
They know they are
going into torment,
but not yet.

Let
us all remember one
key aspect of God's
character that we in
this age of Grace
often forget.

For
he saith to
Moses,
I will have
mercy on whom I
have mercy,
and I will
have compassion
on whom I have
compassion.
So then it is
not of him that
willeth,
nor of him that
runneth,
but of God
that hath mercy.
(Rom 9:15-16
ASV)

Enoch
goes on to more
completely describe
what happened to the
Son's of God that
came down here to
mate with the
daughters of men.
They are now in
chains and bound.

Then
said the Most
High, the Holy and
Great One spake,
and sent Uriel to
the son of Lamech,
and said to him:
‘Go to Noah and
tell him in my
name “Hide
thyself!” and
reveal to him the
end that is
approaching: that
the whole earth
will be destroyed,
and a deluge is
about to come upon
the whole earth,
and will destroy
all that is on it.
And now instruct
him that he may
escape and his
seed may be
preserved for all
the generations of
the world.’ And
again the Lord
said to Raphael: ‘Bind
Azâzêl hand and
foot, and cast
him into the
darkness: and
make an opening
in the desert,
which is in
Dûdâêl, and cast
him therein. And
place upon him
rough and jagged
rocks, and
cover him with
darkness, and let
him abide there
for ever, and
cover his face
that he may not
see light. And on
the day of the
great judgement he
shall be cast into
the fire.

And heal the earth
which the angels
have corrupted,
and proclaim the
healing of the
earth, that they
may heal the
plague, and that
all the children
of men may not
perish through
all the secret
things that the
Watchers have
disclosed and
have taught
their sons.
And the whole
earth has been
corrupted through
the works that
were taught by
Azâzêl: to him
ascribe all sin.’
And to Gabriel
said the Lord:
‘Proceed against
the bastards and
the reprobates,
and against the
children of
fornication: and
destroy [the
children of
fornication and]
the children of
the Watchers from
amongst men [and
cause them to go
forth]: send them
one against the
other that they
may destroy each
other in battle...
- Enoch 10

And
I looked and
turned to another
part of the earth,
and saw there a
deep valley with
burning fire. And
they brought the
kings and the
mighty, and began
to cast them into
this deep valley.
And there mine
eyes saw how they
made these their
instruments, iron
chains of
immeasurable
weight. And I
asked the angel
of peace who
went with me,
saying: ‘For
whom are these chains
being prepared?’
And he said unto
me: ‘These are
being prepared
for the hosts of
Azâzêl, so that
they may take
them and cast
them into the
abyss of
complete
condemnation, and
they shall cover
their jaws with
rough stones as
the Lord of
Spirits
commanded. -
Enoch 54

What
happened back in the
Days of Noah is of
paramount importance
to we who live in
these last days.
Christ made that
clear for it
shall be just like
in the days of
Noah when Christ
returns. They
were eating and
drinking and giving
in marriage... right
up to the day
Judgment fell.
Preachers will be
preaching, prophets
will warn, the
people will ignore
and things will go
on like before, but
one day God says
enough. Just like
then, in the last
days a whole host of
fallen angels will
be right down here
on earth (see Rev
12:9ff)

Could
these evil spirits
(as described in
Enoch) one day
possess a host of genetically
enhanced human
bodies now being
designed by men? I
don't know, but I
think the question
needs to be asked.

God will send out
his call to his
people just like he
did with Noah to
warn us to prepare
for the end of this
age.

We will continue out
look at Know
your Enemy
soon, God willing.

In closing, I
ask all of you
to NOT STUMBLE
at this section,
particularly me
quoting from a book
outside of the
Western Cannon. I
think the historical
record within the
book of Enoch is
fairly sound, but
the book itself may
contain some
doubtful passages
and later additions
that caused it to
not be accepted by
the Western Church
as scripture. I
don't accept it as
such, though the
Ethiopian Orthodox
Church does. But I
do think it contains
some very important
aspects to the times
that were and
the times that
will be that
we should at the
very least, be
familiar with and
keep in the back of
our minds. In fact,
if you read the
opening passages of
the book, you will
find it that it is
directed at and
written specifically
for a remote
generation that was
to come.

FYI,
the Ethiopian Church
have a very
interesting view of
it. It can be found
on the Wikipedia
site.

The blessings of our
Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ be upon
all who love and
serve him.

Brother Mark

29 May

Going Into Labor

Let's talk
about jobs today.

Gotta Job? I
mean... still gotta
job? Be thankful, very very
thankful. Why? Because The
good news is that many
people who are not working
right now as a result of
this pandemic will indeed
return to work and begin be
able to pay their bills. The
bad news is that many will
not. Estimates for long term
unemployed are all over the
place. Given that over 30
million people have filed
for unemployment benefits
these past couple of months,
we can safely assume that
there will be millions of
Americans who will, within
the next couple of months
realize that they no longer
have a job, or if they are
lucky, will return to work
as a part time or casual
worker. Over the past
several weeks, over 30
40 million Americans have
filed for unemployment. That
number is not a typo. In six
weeks we have witnessed one
of the greatest employment
disasters the nation has
ever witnessed. And it is
not over yet, though many
are starting to see a light
at the end of the tunnel.
It's still not clear if that
light is the sunrise or a
freight train heading right
at us.

The
pandemic and associated
social distancing
measures have led to a
collapse in consumer
spending and caused
many businesses to
reduce or cease
operations and to lay
off or furlough their
employees.
Between the third week
of March and the first
week of May, more
than 30 million
unemployment insurance
claims were filed.
The unemployment rate
surged from 3.5 percent
in February to 14.7
percent in April. That
change reflects the net
effect of a decline of
more than 25 million in
the number of people
employed and a reduction
of more than 8 mil- lion
in the size of the labor
force. The
effects of the pandemic
and economic shocks have
not been uniform across
industries, regions, or
businesses of varying
sizes. During March and
April, more
than 20 million
nonfarm payroll jobs
were lost; those
losses were
concentrated in
industries that rely
on a high degree of
in-person interactions,
such as leisure and
hospitality, retail
trade, and education and
health services. The
leisure and
hospitality sector was
hit particularly hard,
losing 8 million of its
17 million jobs in March
and April (see Figure
1). In addition, many
local economies that
rely heavily on the
tourism and hospitality
industries have
sustained great
employment losses. More
broadly, the impact of
the pandemic has varied
greatly across regions,
and some
states have been hit
harder than others.
Across all industries
and all regions, though,
businesses that are
small and young are
expected to suffer a
greater share of job
losses than are larger
and more mature
businesses, because
smaller and newer
businesses are less
likely to have the
financial resources to
withstand the shocks. -Source CBO

This gives
us a snapshot of how bad
things are. I should add how
bad things are going to be
because for those millions
of Americans who are not
going to go back to work,
the pain has not hit yet.
Sure they can't go to work,
but many now are getting
enhanced unemployment
benefits and they got a
decent stimulus check and it
does not seem unlikely that
they will get another within
another 60 days or so, if
the GOP and Democrats can
get another bailout package
together.

But the pain
has not set in yet. No, we
have not yet begun to feel
it. Right now millions of
Americans are depending on
the governments largess to
pay their bills. But that
may very well change in the
weeks ahead at least for
some and the degree with
which this happens will be
dependent on policy makers.

One very popular part of the
bailout was the Paycheck
Protection Program (PPP). It
has been widely used by
businesses. But Republicans
are eyeing it very
carefully. Then there are
the enhanced unemployment
benefits. They maintain that
with these benefits, many
people see no advantage in
returning to work. Such
people can remain on their
respective couch's with the
remote control firmly in
their grasp and still
collect a paycheck. They
note that in some cases with
these benefits, people are
making more on the dole than
they were working. The idea
is that the longer people
sit around doing nothing and
getting paid for it, the
longer any recovery will
take. Democrats want to
extend these benefits. Given
the dire employment
situation, their calls are
not without merit. But the
GOP's observations bear
considerable merit as well.

The key here
I think is to make decisions
along these lines without
too much emotion. Fiscal
sense and the goal of
protecting the long term
health of businesses that
provide jobs should be top
priority, not letting our
hearts bleed and with tears
in our eyes and thus lead
Americans, businesses and
later the nation into
bankruptcy on a river of
tears. Care is very
important, but so are
economic and fiscal
realities. Better to take a
couple of cuts and bruises
now than fall of a 1000 foot
fiscal cliff later. You'll
be dealing with far more
than cuts and bruises.

The PPP however is probably
one of the best idea's, not
because I am in favor of
bailouts (I am not) but
because businesses, small
and medium sized can't
reopen. The Governors of
many states have made it
illegal for them to open, so
this is all through no fault
of their own. They need help
and should get it. For now
this program is directed
just towards certain
businesses related expenses
and if done properly, is no
longer a categorized as a
loan, but a grant. They are
looking at making some
changes including
consideration of allowing
for the money to be used for
other things and still be
considered a grant. My view
is that for many bushiness
these loans are essential,
particularly if these
lockdowns continue through
June. Many businesses would
simply go out of business
were it not for this
program. But the view of
many is that this is best
kind of answer, get the
employers what they need to
keep their shops open and
people working. Don't let
hundreds of thousands of
small and medium sized
businesses go bankrupt and
have to close, leaving those
dreaded 'For Lease' signs on
abandoned office buildings
across America and even more
Americans heading to the
local homeless shelter.

So
What's Gonna Happen?

I don't know. But do want to
throw out some thoughts to
you all because what's gonna
happen is probably gonna do
so within the next 90-120
days, barring significant
continuing government
help/bailouts/loans and
grants.

These programs will probably
keep the worst from
happening, at least right
away, But that does not mean
that we won't see serious
problems ahead. Rather than
cite facts figures and
links, I will just give you
a 'stream of consciousness'
today.

Right now people can stay in
their homes because in many
places evictions are no
longer possible or legal.
That is going to change.
Real Estate owners, banks
and others with political
power are going to put the
pressure on to get those who
are not paying rent or their
mortgages out so that they
can get someone in who can.
No, this is not going to
happen overnight, but the
reality is that real estate
investors are in business to
make money and they too have
expenses, often quite
significant. Granted as long
as 'enhanced' unemployment
benefits are in the mix,
this is not going to be a
major crisis as millions of
Americans can take that
check and pay their rent.
Such bailouts are and are
going to be wildly popular
and remember, this is an
election year. The party
that proposes these hand
outs, even bigger ones are
going to be considered more
electable that those who do
not, to an economically
illiterate voting
population. One look at the
fiscal situation in many of
the nation's State capitols,
local and of course Federal
government shows you that
people vote for the
continuance of such fiscal
ignorance and illiteracy.
The fiscal retard is voted
Treasurer and bailouts,
borrowing and spending the
policy. Change it and the
voters will send you back to
your day job.

But what will it mean when
several million Americans
suddenly get eviction
notices? Well, it's going to
happen and already is in
some places. Keep in mind
that under the CARES act,
those properties that are
mortgaged using federally
backed loans have severe
restrictions on foreclosure,
even if it's a rental
property (and the owner
bought it using such a
loan). If the owner of the
property got his loan from a
Federally backed program, he
can't evict you. That is at
least as I understand it.
But that is set to run out
here in several weeks. What
then? That's the question.
And it boils down to either
people get back to work and
make arrangements with their
lender or landlord; keep
getting more bailouts and
hope the gravy train never
ends or the third
alternative.

Living
On The Street

Yes, I see a homelessness
crisis beginning to emerge
in the nation once the
bailouts and the effects
thereof end. Being an
election year, politicians
may try their best to keep
some of these programs in
place at least through the
election. But that is no
guarantee. The effect of the
loss of millions of jobs,
permanently and the loss or
reduction of public largess
will be devastating,
whenever it comes. I
certainly hope I am wrong
about this and this level of
homelessness does not
transpire. The best case
will be to make sure that as
many small and medium sized
businesses can remain viable
and can keep their
employee's. That is the only
real long term and viable
solution whereas others seem
to be pushing for longer
term or a permanent
government dole, perhaps
hoping this will turn into
some new impetus for
guaranteed basic income all
based on even more
government indebtedness.

So I look for an increase in
homelessness. This will be
reflected and generated
probably more by State level
and perhaps local policy
than Federal. How long will
the state enforce lockdowns?
What cumbersome,
business-killing regulations
will be instituted before a
business can re-open?
Contact tracing (giving name
and address and time of
visit wherever you go,
adding significantly to the
agenda of the surveillance
state). Allowing restaurants
to open and only 50%
capacity? Restricting
various aspects of sales?
New taxes?

As a new regulatory
environment develops, so
will businesses have to
comply. What can be certain
is that whatever comes, it
will be more restrictive and
more difficult to run a
small business in this new
post COVID-19 business
environment. Government
leaders are great ones for
encumbering businesses with
all manner of legal and
administrative minutiae that
they don't realize can wreck
havoc on the little guy. But
when 'King Regulator' gets
on the throne, he doesn't
care, he just wants more
control, more hassle and
more trouble for businesses,
strangling them and often
putting them out of
business, as he sits on his
throne made of forms,
regulations, edicts and
cumbersome legal
requirements.

The King will play up to
those who don't know or
don't care about businesses
as the King explains how
these new regulations will
help. What they don't say is
they are really helping
millions out of their homes
and jobs and onto the
street.... all thanks to
King Regulator. So depending
on how these new post
pandemic regulations are put
into effect, we will see how
this goes. In a nearby
county, my favorite chain of
used bookstore is open,
while it is not open in my
county. But in the nearby
county, you have to register
at the door. It's little
things like this that is
going to be the kiss of
death for many businesses.
They won't tell you who will
get this registration
information. They may say
it's going to the CDC, and
not tell you that the
military and the
intelligence community and
God knows who else and
despite whatever they tell
Congress, be assured,
they will use it for much
more than contact tracing.

People will
find out or just be
suspicious of the whole
contact tracing agenda and
like me, many just won't go
to the local business. It's
little things like that that
is going to kill small
businesses, not
intentionally, but in
reality. People don't want
to be tracked, logged and
traced and have some health
bureaucrat show up at their
door 'wanting to help'
because they went over to
the local barber shop last
Thursday. Particularly when
it is not clear what they
will do with the data, don't
know how long it will be
kept and what they
actually plan on doing
with people who have come
in contact with another
who is infected.

They are not doing much now,
but what about in 6 months?
Will they keep you from
working? Will they put in in
some kind of forced
quarantine? Today, no they
are not doing that,
but a year from now, who
knows what government
bureaucrats will do,
particularly if some new new
friend of King Regulator
gets into the White House.
Consider what was attempted
recently with the proposal
of putting people into
detention without trial.
Never underestimate the
governments ability to make
matters worse while selling
it to the masses as a good
idea.

So as businesses decline and
close up, so I look for
homelessness to become a
problem, but it will
probably be more regional in
nature and then based more
upon State and local policy
makers and the nature of
economic activity in each
state/region. Farm states
may do better than
manufacturing ones; States
that rely more on the
service sector vs. those
that deal more in high tech,
etc. But chronic
homelessness in many places
may become a far greater
problem than it is today.

Yet today,
there are many who are
living on the edge. I read
this AM a story out of the
Texas Tribune called "Living
in hotels, students lose
ground ...". If you
have a moment, check it out.
It also talks about how
important things like School
Lunches are for many kids.
Many people who have fallen
through the economic cracks
and can't rent because they
don't have great credit.
What happens? They wind up
living in hotels. Then there
is the problem of student
safety. Yes, eviction hurts
a lot more than the worker,
the kids are deeply effected
too. Similar stories on
evictions and possible
future evictions can be
found around the web at many
Major News network local
affiliate sites. I think the
key to understand is this.
Once legal moratoriums are
up, the eviction notices
will be nailed to several
million front doors across
America, the courts will be
flooded and then the real
problems begin for many.

So yes, homelessness and
that precarious place in
between (hotels, living with
parents, relatives and
sleeping on the sofa,
etc).... the number of those
kinds of people will grow I
think very significantly
over the next 12 months. I
think states and localities
should quietly and
realistically start to make
plans for just such an
eventuality because prepare
for it or not, it looks like
it is coming. That and the
almost certain rise in
crime.

The other
real problem is one that
many are not talking about
it, is the fiscal situation
of State and local
governments. They are
getting hit hard with a
reduction in sales and other
business related tax
revenues. The (projected)
shortfalls are significant,
but not quite disastrous. I
will give you two examples.
One is for my home state of
Maryland
and the other is the most
populous state, California.

What will
happen? Who knows. In my
state the governor just
vetoed a whole slew of new
taxes and new spending,
citing his concerns over
COVID-19 as a major reason.
Maryland is a very liberal
state, but we have a down to
earth, moderate GOP governor
who I think has done a
decent job of putting the
brakes on some the loopier
idea's coming out of the
legislature.

But as
revenues fall for State and
local governments, so will
fiscal problems come more to
the forefront. They will be
left basically with three
choices. One is to cut
spending, something that is
absolutely anathema to hard
line liberals. Another is to
raise taxes, anathema to
hard line conservatives. The
final option will be to
borrow more money. Getting
that money may not be as
easy as it sounds. Lenders
are going to want to make
sure they get paid. Sure,
they can probably get the
money by selling municipal
bonds, but the risk is going
to be written into the
interest rate. Risk? Yes,
even with state and local
governments the possibility
of them declaring bankruptcy
is not out of the question,
certainly not in a post
COVID-19 environment.

Legislators who are sadly
more interested in politics
than basic accounting can
easily drive a state into
the bankruptcy courts. The
scary thing is that lenders
may one day start to require
hard assets as collateral
and thus securing their
loans making sure that they
are first in line during
bankruptcy proceedings.
Still default risk is low
because the reality is that
State governments have
taxing authority. We will
have to see if the Fed steps
in and provides some kind of
monetary/lending facility
for State's or if the market
will be able to do it. But
given the political
environment in the nation, I
don't see much real change -
when the question of cutting
spending or raising taxes
are at issue, borrowing more
seems to be the usual
solution.

This will probably be the
way out for many states, but
bonds are just that, a loan,
they have to be paid back
and that means some source
of revenue. Also keep in
mind that many states are
already wallowing in debt.

In closing this can be a
fiscal disaster for the
nation. It need not be, and
if aid is carefully,
judiciously and evenly
applied in those sectors
that really need (as opposed
to just wanting) it. This
crisis may not be nearly as
bad is it has every
potential of becoming.
Can leaders get real about
finances and put petty
political bickering aside,
not just at the Federal
level, but also at the state
and local level? Can they
learn and more importantly,
apply some basic accounting
and use that as a guideline
for fiscal policy instead of
a obsessing about getting a
new transgender section in
school textbooks into the
classroom or some new
tax-break for the 1%?

Let us all
pray for our leaders at the
state, local and Federal
level. They are all facing
some very significant issues
that will deeply effect us
all in the coming years.

I know many
Americans just loath
President Trump. I am not
one of them, I never liked
him much before he was
President but even despite
many of this
'un-Presidential' things he
has done and Tweeted, and at
times his demeanor, I have
developed a healthy, if a
bit admittedly grudging,
respect for him. I left
partisanship by the wayside
back in my early 30's and
look at Presidents by their
ability to push their
vision, get things done and
do what they think
best for the country both
domestically and
internationally within the
confines of the office,
which is not nearly as
powerful as many might
think. I don't think any
President, Democrat or
Republican could have done
better in light of this
crisis and the whole range
of unknowns they were
dealing with from the
beginning. Yes, the response
was slow at first, but in
some ways, it worked to the
country's advantage. If the
US had started lockdowns in
January, we would have 60
million newly unemployed
right now instead of 'just'
40 million.

So whatever your leanings
politically, please pray
for him, Speaker Pelosi, Mr.
McConnell, Mr. Schumer, your
respective governors and
state officials as well as
and the Supreme and other
important Courts whom I
think may be forced to make
some very
important decisions in the
months ahead relating to a
whole range of issues
dealing with the fallout
from the Virus. State level
Supreme Courts as well.
Evictions? Vaccines? Contact
Tracing? Bankruptcy
reorganizations/
liquidations? Insurance
Claims (Acts of God)...?
These are all things that
are at various levels of the
legal system, are going to
have to be dealt with.

***

This
piece is just personal
commentary, not
financial or legal advice.
Please seek professional
advice for your financial,
legal and investment
decisions!

27 May

Know
Your Enemy II

In the last section of this
series we did a kind of
introduction and looked at a
few of the anomalies (to us)
on the different kinds of
spirits who rebelled against
God. Now I know many of you, I
am going to lose you as I do
this study, but as time passes
and strange and weird things
begin to transpire in our
world, you will remember what
I have written here and things
will be much clearer for you.
Right now we see these things
through a glass darkly.

Moreover, you will have a much
better understanding of the
spiritual foes many of you
will have to directly
and personally face as
the evil one and his host are
cast down upon the earth. If
you are in Christ and you are
here as the final 42 month
system arises and is enthroned
be assured, you will be facing
these beings on one level or
another.

Ignorance of your enemy could
become a costly affair.

But
this kind doesn’t go out
except by prayer and
fasting.
(Matthew
17:21 [WEB])

New
levels, new devils. This was a
saying one old woman of God
used to use describing what
happens to Christians when
they rise in the Lord or
become of great use to him.
The higher up you go in the
Lord and in his service, the
more demonic resistance a
person will face. Brothers and
sisters, when you serve the
Lord in spirit and in truth
the devil is going to attack
you, guaranteed. But
there are different levels of
spirits and spirits of
different orders. There are
the top angels with great
power who rebelled (the
'Generals'), there are the
mid-level fallen spirits (The
Captains and Sergeants) the
lower level spirits (the
Private's) and then there are
what I will call the
'contractors'. These are
people (humans) who serve
these spirits, knowing they
are serving evil. For much of
this series, I will express
things in military terms
because it, I think is the
best way to describe a hostile
army arrayed against us. Like
military contractors, they
work for a 'fee', but are not
true parts of the army.

Judas' contractor fee was 30
pieces of silver.

Others fee's include political
power, wealth, sex, fame etc.
These things are what the host
of rebels against God give in
return for something. Yes,
Satan even made his
'contracting' offer to our
Lord.

and
he said unto him, All these
things
will I give thee, if thou
wilt fall down
and worship me.
(Matthew 4:9 ASV)

The devil
knows how to tempt and he does
have the resources to keep his
part of any satanic bargain,
for he is the prince of this
world. But Satan himself is
not going to be the key part
of subject matter today.

Some of these spirits have
enormous power and we cannot
cast them out but with prayer
and fasting. With such
spiritual darkness, there has
to be a struggle, a fight, a
battle to free a soul or
institution of such demonic
influence and/or possession.
Now we have talked about the
different ranks or orders
within the kingdom of God. We
know there are different
orders of angels, There are
the Cherubim (see Ezekiel
Chapters 10), the Seraphim
(Isaiah Chapter 6) and of
course the Arch angels. I am
fairly certain there are other
orders as well. We have seen
angels as watchmen who have no
name for their order but are
the spirits who go out and
apparently report back what
they have seen (Zechariah
Chapter 6). There are all
manner of living spirits and
angels in heaven and the book
of Revelation gives us a small
glimpse of this. There are
certainly other orders of such
spirits but we have no real
information on them.

The
Rebellion
But I think we all should get
a good understanding of the
rebellion against God and why
it is important that we
understand these things.

We all know satan rebelled and
did so long ago. He appears in
the garden when man was first
made in the form of the
serpent. It seems clear that
his fall was before the
creation of man (for man was
just created when he appears).
I don't want to get too much
into the creation debate
because it causes many to
scratch their heads, but I
have long held (using
scripture) that the earth was
destroyed before man was made
and became formless and
void. It was not created that
way, but became that way. This
is something I covered in this
piece many years ago. I am not
going to re-hash the issue.
But what I will say is that
from my considerable studies I
believe that - long ago,
before mankind came onto the
scene, there was a massive
rebellion against God. Satan
led it. This rebellion really
messed up the earth. So much
so that it became formless and
void. We don't know what
inhabited the earth back then,
but we can look at things like
dinosaurs and other strange
creatures that are now long
extinct and know that they did
exist long ago. Even now,
Scientists believe that some
kind of cataclysm destroyed
the dinosaurs in ages past.

I bring this all up so that we
humans and Christians cease to
think of our lives, the earth
and even our existence as
being the center of the
universe. This was the belief
of Churchmen in the middle
ages. They taught that the
earth was the center of the
solar system and fought those
who taught otherwise as being
heretics. Today, I see many of
the same errors, like
believing that anyone who does
not subscribe to a 6000 year
old earth is a 'heretic'. But
understanding that this
rebellion against God is more
ancient than the creation of
mankind gives us pause to
consider and be humble. We
humans are just not that
important except that
God loves us and has mercy on
us. The Bible did not teach
that the sun revolved around
the earth anymore than it
teaches a 6000 year old earth.

We humans are
a very, very new and frankly
somewhat insignificant 'cosmic
arrival' and the sooner we all
realize that, the more we can
better understand the depths
of God's love and mercy
towards us...

...and not take it for
granted!

I say these things so that we
fully understand that when
dealing with these fallen
angels, at least most of them,
we are dealing with a very, very
ancient evil. These fallen
spirits have seen men come and
go. They were around when
David was King, Columbus
sailed to America; the Ming
dynasty ruled China, Henry
VIII was beheading his wives
and Hitler murdered the Jews.
They are very, very familiar
with our ways and what makes
us tick. So don't for one
instant think you can outsmart
these spirits. We humans were
made a little lower than the
angels (Psa
8:5, Heb 2:7)
and thus can safely assume
that they are considerably
more intelligent than we are.

But another
class of spirits needs to be
discussed here. That is evil
spirits or demons. Is that not
just another name for fallen
angels? Well, perhaps, but
from my studies and spiritual
experience, I don't think so.

Now
I pray God I cause no
one to stumble in what
follows so please get into
your prayer closets before you
fire off a nastygram to me.
Read the passages and pray if
you are confused or it
assaults what you already
thought about the
subject. But live a
little longer, I strongly
suspect that the things that
will be coming upon the world
will change the minds of any
skeptic who really wants to
understand these things and
win in the spiritual battles
that lie ahead.

***

As Jude
makes clear in his book, he
talks about a class of angels
who left their first estate
and are now in everlasting
chains reserved for Judgment.

And angels
that kept not their own
principality,
but left their proper
habitation, he hath kept
in everlasting bonds under
darkness
unto the judgment of the
great day.
(Jude 1:6 ASV)

This passage
is important again because we
see that this class of spirits
are in chains. But Satan and
those other spirits we saw in
Revelation are still out and
about roaming around. So who
is this class of spirits who
are in chains? There are two
very strong hints. First is
they kept not their first
estate. Second, Jude tells us
where to look and it is not
where most would, but it is
right there in the book.

And
to these also Enoch, the
seventh from Adam,
prophesied, saying, Behold,
the Lord came with ten
thousands
of his holy ones, to execute
judgment upon all,
and to convict all the
ungodly of all their works
of
ungodliness which they have
ungodly wrought,
and of all the hard things
which ungodly sinners
have spoken against
him.
(Jude 1:14-15 ASV)

This prophecy
has Apostolic/Biblical
approval. It was spoken by
Enoch and quoted from by Jude
and its right there in your
New Testament. This is where
we have to look for some of
these answers.

We Will Continue this
section of our study, next
week.... God willing!!

21 May

Where Will
You Stand?

Then he
cried in mine ears with a
loud voice, saying, Cause ye them that have
charge over the city to draw
near, every man with his
destroying weapon in his
hand. And behold, six men
came from the way of the upper gate, which
lieth toward the north, every man with his
slaughter weapon in his
hand; and one man in the
midst of them clothed in
linen, with a writer's
inkhorn by his side. And
they went in, and stood beside the
brazen altar. And the glory
of the God of Israel was
gone up from the cherub, whereupon it was, to
the threshold of the house:
and he called to the
man clothed in linen, who had the writer's
inkhorn by his side. And Jehovah said
unto him, Go through the midst of the city,
through the midst of Jerusalem, and
set a mark upon the foreheads of the
men that sigh and that cry over all
the abominations that are done in the
midst thereof. (Eze 9:1-4 ASV)

Today, we are
going to take a break from the
news and deal with some
prophetic issues. There is a
lot going on these days, but
we can hit some of the
highlights later in the week
(for insiders). I see lots of
trouble ahead for the world on
the economic and perhaps later
on the political and social
front.

But let us get to the passage
above from the book of
Ezekiel.

In the
previous chapter (Ezek 8)
we see Ezekiel describing a
powerful visitation of the
Lord. He was sitting in his
home with the elders of Israel
about him and the hand of God
fell upon him. He carried him
away by his hair above the
earth. The purpose was to show
him something.

He went to Jerusalem and the
whole purpose of this divine
interruption was to show
Ezekiel the sins and
abominations of Israel. Now
consider. He was in his house
talking to the elders of
Israel who came to his home.
The message deeply effects
them as they were the pillars
of the nation. Here the
abominations are noted. There
were several. First was some
kind of idol, an image of
jealousy (8:3).
We don't know exactly what
this image was but some think
(K&D) it may have been
Baal or Asherah. The passages
in Ezekiel chapter 8 show a
pattern of idolatry and
religious abomination taking
place both inside and outside
of the Temple. The Lord was
most displeased at this. In
fact, he was utterly furious
about it. But before God acts,
he will send in his prophets
to warn and this was Ezekiel's
job. How angry was the Lord
over these things?

Then he
said unto me, Hast thou seen
this, O son of man? Is it a
light thing to the house of Judah that
they commit the
abominations which they commit here?
for they have filled the land with violence,
and have turned again to provoke me to anger:
and, lo, they put the branch to
their nose. Therefore will I also
deal in wrath; mine eye shall not
spare,
neither will I have pity;
and though they cry
in mine ears with a loud
voice, yet will I not hear
them. (Eze 8:17-18 ASV)

This is how
angry he was. He gives the
reasons and the consequences
in the two above passages.

So in chapter nine, we begin
to see how the Lord will deal
with this. This is a spiritual
vision and clearly what
Ezekiel is seeing what will
transpire in the spiritual
realm that will be translated
into the natural.

The first part is God first
marks those who are his and
who honor and regard the Lord
enough to be deeply troubled
by the sins and abominations
of the people, elders and
priests.

Ezekiel hears a cry, a command
go forth. It was to the
overseers of the city. Not the
temporal ones, this is clearly
directed at powerful spiritual
beings. The words used are (H6486,H5892).
The idea here is that God has
set certain angels to stand
watch over the city. These are
'watchmen' or guardians of the
city. Their job was to stand
watch. But given two
interesting indications, they
may have had other jobs as
well, like recording. Note
that the word H6486can also mean account,
reckoning or numbers. Also
note that one of these angels
had some kind of writing
device (inkhorn) by his side (9:2).
He may have had a special task
from the others as some kind
of recorder. Some commentators
believe he was the captain or
leader of the others. The
others are the ones noted by
the destroying weapons they
posses.

Protection

So in this passage, we see
that before the Lord unleashes
his judgement and fury, he
moves to protect those who
honor him and recoil at the
wickedness of the nation. God
looks out for his own and will
not suffer the punishments
that the ungodly have so
diligently earned to fall on
his people. No, he is going to
mark those who serve him. It
will be the same in the last
days. God will seal a select
group of believers from what
is to come.

And I saw
another angel ascend
from the sunrising, having the seal of
the living God: and he cried with a great
voice to the four angels to whom
it was given to hurt the earth and the
sea, saying, Hurt not the earth, neither
the sea, nor the trees, till
we shall have sealed the servants of our God
on their foreheads. And I heard the number of
them that were sealed, a hundred and forty
and four thousand, sealed out of every tribe
of the children of Israel: (Rev 7:2-4 ASV)

A seal is a
little different from a mark
we saw in Ezekiel, in that it
is often used by a person in
high office, an ambassador or
some person in a very
important business or
fiduciary position. So here we
look to be dealing with a very
special group of God's
servants who will be set apart
in the times of this
judgement. Also see Rev 9:4ffon this. In those passages
you can see just how important
that seal will be in the last
days.

So we see an important
parallel. The Lord got tired
of the idolatry and the
violence and the wickedness
and the evil and finally one
day, he had had enough. He
lays out to his prophet what
he is going to do and even how
he is going to do it. This
appears to be the purpose of
the vision.

God is not going to hear the
cries of suffering his
judgment is going to cause. He
is going to 'plug up his ears'
from hearing. Old and young,
no one is going to escape
God's fury and he is indeed
furious.

God is not playing games with
the sins and abominations of
our times either. We as
Christians must remain true to
God and have a healthy respect
for God and his power and his
love of the right and his
hatred for the wrong.

When God begins to recall and
and recompense our nation and
world for its sins, will you
be one whom he has set his
mark, his seal upon and who
shall receive divine
protection from his fury? Or
will you run into the arms of
the devil and receive his mark
in your right hand or forehead
after you worship the beast
and his image (Rev 14:9-12)?
For you insiders, I think we
all should know where each of
us stands.

May God grant all who read
this that you shall stand in
the evil day and resist the
beast, his system, his mark
even if it costs us our lives!

And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even
unto death. (Rev 12:11 ASV)

In
closing, this harsher side of
God's character is rarely
talked about in today's
Christianity, but we would all
be wise to go back and find
out more about it and how it
applies to the events of the
end times!!

In Christ,

Brother Mark

19 May

Is
There No God In Israel?

And he said
unto him, Thus saith
Jehovah, Forasmuch
as thou hast sent messengers
to
inquire of Baal-zebub, the
god of Ekron, is it
because there is no God in
Israel to inquire of his
word? therefore
thou shalt not come down
from the bed whither
thou art gone up, but
shalt surely die. (2Ki
1:16 ASV)

In the
above passage, Elijah
rebukes king Ahaziah. It was
a stern rebuke. You see, the
king had fallen down though
a lattice and as a result
was laying in bed ill. So
what the King did was sent
messengers to Ekron (in
Philistia) to inquire of the
gods of the Philistines,
specifically the god known
as Baal-zebub. This was
probably some kind of fly or
insect like idol for which
it was shaped after. It may
bear some relation to the
god myiagros. It has been
referred to as the Lord of
the flies. It is this god
that Christ referred to in
the gospels and was accused
of being in league with when
he cast out devils (see
Mar
3:23ff). I
must remark here that this
is one of the most
terrifying passages in the
NT for it was because of
this deeply offensive remark
about the Lord and his work
that he sternly warned the
scribes that the kind of
spiritual sin they had just
committed was moving into
the realm of the
unpardonable.

It was this
kings inquiry to this
foreign god that made the
Lord quite angry. Angry
enough that the Lord
directed his trusted prophet
Elijah to get involved. The
messengers the king sent
were (by divine direction)
intercepted by Elijah who
asked of these messengers as
in the above passage 'is
there no God in
Israel?....'. The Lord
was most displeased with the
King over his decision to
place his trust in these
foreign gods, which, were
really nothing more than
devils masquerading as gods.
But being deceiving spirits,
they know how to fool people
into worshiping them as well
as the idols they can
deceive men into making.

The king was
sick and wanted to be
healed. But he went to the
wrong source. Instead of
seeking the Lord, he sought
the gods of the enemies of
Israel and its God.

Elijah was one prophet who
was known by the king and he
finally arrived at the Kings
side, but only after the
drama of calling down fire
from heaven and consuming
the soldiers who were sent
to take him. Only when the
Lord said it was safe, did
Elijah go with the third set
of men sent for him.

God protected his prophet
from whatever scheme the
king had in mind for him.
Why? So that he could
deliver his message.

Is there not a God in Israel
to inquire this word? So
since he had sent messengers
to the gods of the
Philistines, the Lord
pronounced a hard word
against the King. His
illness was terminal and he
would not leave his bed.

Israel had
subdued Moab in Davidic
times but as the kings of
Israel were getting worse
and worse, so God's
protecting hand was slowly
being removed. They were
having problems now with
Moab and we all know of the
whole house of Ahab and
their sins.

But here
we must note that the sin
of idolatry is a
particularly serious
crime. Rather than going
to God, the king went to
idols... and was punished
for it. The Preachers
Homelitical makes some
very interesting points
here noting that all
idolatry is a sin to God.
He will not let it 'pass'.
This was one such incident
where God dealt with this
sin speedily. We should
never forget that various
forms of idolatry in the
last days are one key
reason so many judgements
fall upon the sons of men.

And the
rest of mankind,
who were not killed with
these plagues,
repented not of the works
of their hands,
that they should not
worship demons,
and the idols of
gold, and of silver, and
of brass,
and of stone, and of wood;
which can neither see,
nor hear, nor walk: and
they repented not of their
murders,
nor of their sorceries,
nor of their fornication,
nor of their thefts.
(Rev 9:20-21 ASV)

One of the
big sins of the last days
are the worship of idols.
All manner of idols. An idol
is anything we worship,
adore, seek guidance and
salvation from instead of
God. It is something that we
adore and or place our faith
in, in the place of God.

Given this definition,
idolatry is a key component
of our times. I think one of
the biggest idols of our
times is what is often false
called science. Now, I am
not against legitimate
science and discovery, so
let it not be said I am some
kind of Luddite. Anything
but. Yet at the same time as
I watch the reaction the
world has to the
coronavirus, I see mankind
seeking answers from one
what I see as being one of
the most corrupt
establishments and one with
a considerable about of
innocent blood on its hands.
That being the so called
scientific establishment.
It's a trillion dollar
industry in the US and
arguably the largest segment
of the economy. There is big
money in 'pharmukia' (G5331)
and in essence that is what
we are dealing with. The
gods of pharmukia, or
medicine and sorcery.
Sorcery probably being more
applicable to the
hallucinogenic drugs people
take. Yet take note of
something the scriptures say
about it. It says that by
pharmukia all nations
are deceived (Rev
18:23).
Before you put your trust in
science to solve this whole
crisis go and do a search on
'business with disease'
you'll find something
interesting.

While the
world and America is now
'sick' and on lockdown what
we have done is inquire of
god of 'science-zebub'
who history has shown often
mean mankind no good. Yet
foolishly, the King ran to
those gods to inquire of
them. I see the same things
today.

From all we can
determine by reading well
researched documents online,
is that there appears to be
some pretty serious
hanky-panky going on with
this whole virus thing and
how it was created, who and
why. We don't know all the
facts. But something about
this stinks, and the
malodorous scent is not
only coming from Wuhan.

We don't have all the facts
and are not likely to get
them and officials who push
too hard to find out may
find themselves in some
physical danger. My point is
an important one in that
those whom the US and the
world is now seeking
'salvation' from with
regards to this virus may
have had a significant hand
in creating it. They
certainly stand to make a
lot of money if they come up
with a high priced
treatment/vaccine. Also keep
in mind this is an election
year - and I don't think it
is a total coincidence -
that party, Presidential,
Senate and Congressional
campaigns will be looking
for big money for their
political war chests and
guess who has that money?
You guessed it - the gods of
'science-zebub' or Big
Pharma who already spend
copiously on the Hill and
elsewhere, go to Opensecrets
and see for yourself. I just
cannot help but wonder if
some of the men advising the
President have been pushed
on Trump by elements in his
own party who are being told
that either those folks stay
and run the President's
response or the campaign
money dries up.

I want to
make this clear as well.
There have always been some
dark elements in the medical
establishment and any good
researcher will find all
manner of excellent, well
researched and historically
accurate information
on many of these major drug
companies and their
pedigree.

Moreover I
just don't think any cure
coming out of these
companies will be very
effective or they could very
well wind up having
considerable side effects.
Yes, it is much too early to
tell, but the whole approval
mechanisms we have in place
have not always worked as
well as they should for many
rea$on$.

Also keep in
mind that a vaccine program
of global inoculations could
provide certain Malthusians
exactly what they have been
praying to their 'science
gods' for and have not
necessarily been shy about
telling us about either.

Salvation from such things
will not come from the gods
of drugs. Note the passage
of scripture as to who has
ultimate power over the
plagues of the last days.
It's God. He is looking for
repentance. I don't see any
out there in the US, do you?

We have seen many major
tragedies in our world, the
oceans are dying, just like
our Bibles predicted,
plagues are happening more
and more and fires have been
noted world wide that burns
up many of the world's
trees. Just remember that
things do not get better,
they get worse and one day
all life in the sea is going
to die (Rev 16:3).

Also keep in
mind that some of these
plagues are indeed man made
(as with some in Africa). Did
not our Lord pronounce a
judgement o those who are
destroying the earth (Rev 11:18)?
The problem is the devils
ministers in governments will
always try and hide it or even
lie about it. And yes, it
certainly looks like some very
evil men do spread diseases in
order to sell the vaccine to
governments, health
organizations and others at
considerable mark up. So mark
what I say, there does appear
to be some dark elements who
pay the salaries of the 'high
priests' of science whom the
world has total faith in.

What if we had a 'special
vaccine' that the people will
ignorantly stick their arm out
for that no one will tell them
is genetically targeted to
kill x% of a certain racial
group through some
degenerative disease within
the next 10 years as they
embark on the same plan Hitler
had back in his day - removing
those whom the Aryan elite do
not think should be alive?
It's a science known as
eugenics. Has the Negro and or
Jewish 'removal' genetic-viral
code for a new vaccine been
concocted? I don't know.

I want to say
this as well. The
disinformation we are hearing;
the takedowns and censorship
on many subjects, including
vaccines. Some of this, one
way or another being run out
of the deep state. When you
see an epidemic of censorship
at certain big name sites and
yes, medical censorship, be
suspicious.... very, very
suspicious. Some of these
entities may very well be in
bed with drug/vaccine makers
and may hope to make a mint
off the drugs that they can
push onto us all at
considerable markup and
profit.

Let us be wide awake, alert
and never allow ourselves to
expect science, politicians,
civil action leaders, the
courts or anyone to be our
salvation. Only God can
provide real salvation to us
individually and to anyone who
seeks it generally.

But like the
sick king Ahaziah, they are
seeking guidance from
Baal-zebub and not the Lord of
hosts. God may one day send
our leaders that 'Elijah' to
come and warn them of the
folly of their misplaced faith
and the consequences of it.

Again, I don't want to
belittle real science and
those who make real cures.
This is not my
intention at all. Rather, it
is to take a closer look at
who that guy is with that
syringe and who is filling his
pockets and how they are doing
it. While you are at it, get a
second, third and fourth
opinion about what's really in
that syringe before you inject
it into all of us. Why?

Pause and consider
this. This does not look
like any kind of chain of
trust I would put any faith
in.

May all of you be blessed in
Christ Jesus.

Amen!

14 May

News Tidbits Today

China has raided a Church
in Xiamen. The pastor was arrested. Radio
Free Asia has a story on it. A cross was
removed and a house Church was damaged in
Jiangxi province. Again, this looks
to be a Church was was actually part of
China's government approved 'Three Self'
system. This does appear to be the fairly
new tactic, go after those whom the state
once approved. Reports are that often
these raids are violent and Christians are
badly beaten. Why is this happening?

It's pretty simple 'Communist fundamentalism'
is just like a violent intolerant religious
system and seeks to destroy any other system
that does not comply with its doctrines. Think
of them as you would ISIS, but with a hammer
and sickle or red star as a flag instead of
the black one with Arabic written on it.

Remember,
using a non approved VPN in China can land
you in a lot of serious trouble and this is
why we often don't hear about so many of the
events there. The Great Firewall of China
prevents much news from reaching us. You may
find a piece out of the site Bitter Winter
called " ‘Ensuring Stability’ by
Demolishing Places of Worship ", by
Deng Je of interest.

But the truth is, VPN's are still used in
China by both businesses and regular people
but there have been undeniable efforts to
clamp down on their use by the Communist
Party.

It behooves us to keep a
sharp eye on events in China. From my
perspective, they are building Nazi
Germany 2.0 right before our eyes and many
people just don't see it. Like back then,
business leaders in the west often see too
much money to be made in doing business
with this new system to care about what is
going on. Labor camps? Go and do your own
search for a story called "Uyghurs for
sale" out of the Australian Strategic
Policy Institute. In my view, Xi is
modeling his country more on the tenets of
Fascism than 'real' Communism. Communism
means collectivization and as long as
there are the kinds of private companies
in China as today, the system will
resemble Fascism more than Communism.
These may seem like obscure semantic
issues, but in such systems, semantics
matter... a lot. Semantics are the basis
of propaganda and in case you did not
know, propaganda is a key facet of Xi's
China. So while he touts Communism and
Marxism, notice how his methodology is
more like those employed by Himmler and
Goebbels. Hitler too had is war on the
Church. It was called the Kirchenkampf. Wikipedia has a good
piece on it with references. Click
on over and skim over it and think about
what we are seeing today.

But in essence,
there really is little difference for
the ordinary man between hard line
Communism or hard line Fascism. Each are
authoritarian, each have slaughtered
millions in its name and each appears to
be making a comeback.

In
this new age of the 21st Century, the Church
is under such attacks because powerful forces,
temporal and spiritual that want to create a
new system (or remake old ones) and
Christianity is totally incompatible with
their dark visions for the future. Xi wants to
watch and control everyone in his country and
later the world - look at how they are moving
into Africa. Now the technology is
here and soon authoritarian's won't have to
worry about the human factor - things like
coup attempts (like they tried to do with
Hitler). One day, AI, automated policing and
cyborgs will take the place of human
security services. Not today, not right
away, but that does appear to be the
direction things are heading in these
authoritarian states. Keep an eye on this
going forward.

The Church? Well, you all may find a piece out
of the Epoch Times called "Opinion: The
Pandemic Highlights the Vatican’s Ties With
the Chinese Regime" of interest. The
author's name is Chen Han

Then there is Ukraine.
Ukrainian authorities in the city of
Kolomyya are reportedly requesting
information on its Jews. This is happening
in the western or US-NATO supported part
of Ukraine and it is not surprising, at
least not to me, given the kinds of
elements the western world have been in
bed with these past several years. The
investigation is at least ostensibly, to
look into Jewish Organized Crime Groups.In all
fairness, Jewish organized crime groups
are active all over the world and I
suspect are still quite active in Ukraine.
You can scour the web and get a general
impression of the problem. A very old
piece called "Organized Crime in
Ukraine: Challenge and Response" out
of the NCJRS may be of some help. It is
unclear if this is a serious attempt at
cleaning out the rackets or just an excuse
for getting vital intelligence on local
Jews for 'action' by right-sector
(Neo-Nazi) elements later.

These are trying times for
Christians. An Assyrian doctor has reportedly
died as from COVID-19. He was known as the
doctor to the poor. His name was Murat
Dilmener. You can find a story about him here
at Agenzia Fides.

The Fulani are at it again, killing
and kidnapping Christians. There are
many stories, almost too numerous to mention
of how these radicals are killing Christians
in the Sahel.

That's all for now...

Let us be watchful and in prayer.

Blessings of Jesus Christ be
upon all who serve him in truth.

12 May

Stronghold Watch

Today, we are going to take
a break from the news and look at some
prophetic and some spiritual issues.
Particularly as they relate to the enemy of
all Christians - the kingdom of darkness.

Today, I see three major spiritual
strongholds arising in the earth. These
strongholds are primarily regional in
nature. As in the book of Daniel, we saw
that there were indeed powerful spiritual
forces connected up with nations and
regions. There was the Prince of Persia as
well as Greece. There are others and we will
be looking at them later, God willing. But
today, lets very briefly look at a few.

Today, we see different strongholds now
arising. While Persia is a very powerful one
these days, Greece and its empire has faded
and morphed into the political confusion
that is now the EU. Yet there are others in
our times that bear watching carefully.

One of the more important of these in my
humble view is the rise of the Kings of the
East. For lack of a better term, we will
call this the Eastern Stronghold.

The Eastern Stronghold
This today, is by far one of the most
important spiritual underpinnings in the
devil's last days system. This system has
been steadily rising out of the horrors of
communism. As it began to unshackle its
people and economy from the rigid non-sense
of Marxist Leninism, the Chinese economy
rapidly grew and caused China's rise to be
one of the most important economic miracles
of the 20th century. Those in the west were
hoping it would continue on its course
towards liberalization. That does not appear
to be the case. Rather than embracing what
worked and made China what she is today, it
is heading backwards into the things that
held her back for many years, namely
hard-line communism.

Many of us thought the world had seen the
last of that abominable system put in
practice on a large scale with the demise of
the Soviet Union and those
socialist/communist nations who were
connected to it. We were wrong. Communism is
making, at least temporarily a major
comeback in China. It never went away in
North Korea, keeping that nation
impoverished, repressed and little more than
a 'chamber of horrors' to many who study
her. But this is Communism. They promise a
workers paradise and give them work camp
with a bullet to the back of the skull when
they can work no more.

But what is frightening about China to me is
Xi and the direction he wants to take it. I
see these trends as being fundamental to the
rising spirit of the Eastern Stronghold

Authoritarianism. The rising desire
and goal (not yet attained) of a powerful
central government that controls every
aspect of Chinese (and later Eastern)
society. From total surveillance to modern
methods of 'thought control'. The rise of
China's technological capabilities makes
whatever future Xi and his compatriots have
for China most frightening indeed.

Godlessness. China is working hard
right now to persecute, harass and otherwise
marginalize its religious people. All
religions are under the gun to greater or
lesser degree's. This is one of the primary
foundations of Communism. It has always been
godless. Rather than God being the object of
veneration, communism seeks to make the
state that object and to greater or lesser
degree's as we see in North Korea, the
supreme leader.

This aspect of the system is not always told
in full. But if you go back and look at how
in Russia, Stalin and Lenin was so venerated
we see that the cult of personality often
becomes an integral part of the system.
China's rise, one of a promised 'peaceful
rise' is now showing itself to be something
quite different. A true Dragon is rising out
of the east and it is one that needs to be
watched most carefully. It's godlessness and
open hostility to the saints is an aspect of
this that in my view could not be more
relevant to our times and to Bible prophecy.

This is a system to watch particularly in
light of the fact that China now more and
more in Asia is driving the economic and
even political agenda, by virtue of her
economic weight and growing military power.
Even more troubling is that many aspects of
China's model of governance are things she
wants to export. We see this in some of the
goals of regional groupings like SCO. Here
China seeks to root out what it calls the
three evils, one of which is extremism. This
more and more appears to be interpreted as
religious belief.

In these SCO nations we are all beginning to
see where this is leading, with more and
more religious persecution. This is most
necessary when a state wishes to replace God
as being the supreme being in the minds and
hearts of its increasingly trembling
population. This is what I see as what is
happening in the east. There is a deep, real
and recognizable move towards what I will
call satanic and/or blasphemous government.
This is what I see. I suspect that any idea
of China going back to any kind of peaceful
rise to power has been forever shattered.
There will be no going back. Yes, there may
be some resistance and some of it may have a
little success. I think China's course is
set in any case.

The Sword Of Islam

The second stronghold I see rising in our
world today is that of Islam. It has always
been a major power in the world since the
days of their prophet. Today it is no less
so. In fact, Islam has moved forward not
just on the battlefield but also in energy
and banking. If this new leader in Saudi
Arabia gets his way, it will also rise in
other high technology fields as well. Islam
as we have seen, has many faces to it. There
is the well known divide of the religious
houses (Sunni and Shi'ite) as well as those
who have a more progressive view of the
religion. But what more and more unites many
of the kingdoms of Islam particularly in the
Middle East is less and less Islam but money
and energy. This is the link that I see as
keeping them together, at least the Sunni
houses of Islam. But today we are seeing a
moderation in some places. Sudan is one
place we are beginning to see some
moderation and allowance of others to
worship. Islam in many places is
exceptionally intolerant of other religious
beliefs. This is not true everywhere Islam
holds sway, but it is true in many places,
like Saudi Arabia and Iran. Islam's future
is unclear and its future power remains in
doubt as long as energy prices remain low
and nations work hard to find new sources of
energy. This has made life difficult for
some nations (KSA)... that and economic
sanctions (Iran).

Will the spirit of Commerce overtake Islam
in this part of the world as the primary
spiritual driver? This remains to be seen.

New Sodom

Then there is the western world. Once the
beacon of freedom and even to a large degree
the Gospel, it now has become the
evangelists of sexual liberation and even
perversion, excess of every variety, war
lust, arms sales, dope and debt. The descent
of the west is an issue I have long talked
about here. I don't need to reiterate its
decline.

But as the western world moves more and more
eagerly towards the slime-pits of Gomorrah,
we Christians have not been unaffected. We
see a growing intolerance of our faith in
mainstream society. We also see a growing
moral decay. This in many ways mimics so
much the decline of other empires who once
became wealthy and had need of nothing. The
wine cup, the illicit lover and violent
entertainment became the past time of the
populace on the olden days. This stronghold
while very powerful is, in my estimation set
to go the way other similar empires have
gone. It will decay and destroy itself from
within. But it may have considerable help to
speed things along, when the Lord, our God
so desires. New Sodom cannot survive. But
before she finally dies she can do a lot of
damage to its citizens and the world as a
whole. The sad part is that the freedom that
was once the hallmark of the west has moved
much of the sense of self-restraint and
personal responsibility from the population.

Behind each of these strongholds I see
evils. Ancient evils, merely re-configuring
themselves to fit our modern times. In Rome
they had emperor worship. Today we have cult
of personality. We can see many parallels
with history if we take the time to look.

The key here is that powerful fallen angles
have been able to observe the doings of man
for several millennium. They know mankind
better than we know ourselves. They have
seen our behavior and know the kinds of
things that have worked in the past. Today,
what is most disturbing is the fact that all
of this new high technology gives them
considerable more power to control,
manipulate and otherwise move to create the
kind of system the kingdom of darkness wants
to bring about.
Let's keep in mind that we are dealing with
spiritual forces that are very
powerful, have superhuman
intelligence and have been around very much
longer than mankind. This is a very, very
ancient evil.

This is why I say that we are to be most
mindful of the methodologies of deception,
misdirection and even humor (laughing off
the possibility of this level of evil). The
devil works best when no one knows or can
recognize he is busy. Yes, darkness is where
he works best and he really hates light
being shown on his doings.

Today, I wanted to touch on some of the
larger and more important regional spiritual
strongholds in our world today. I think
these are the three more important ones.
Later, God willing we will look at some of
the lesser known and harder to identify
strongholds in Latin America and Africa. As
well as again, God willing, some
non-regional strongholds and what their
existence means to us and how they
contribute to the continued descent of
mankind and the building of the final system
the devil has in store for the world.

For
our wrestling is not against flesh and
blood,
but against the principalities,
against the powers,
against the world-rulers of this
darkness,
against the spiritual hosts of wickedness
in the heavenly places. Wherefore take up
the whole armor of God, that ye may be
able
to withstand in the evil day, and,
having done all, to stand.
(Eph 6:12-13 ASV)

7 May

Just a very few things
today

First of all let's talk
about something a little practical. If you
any of you have Credit Cards and use them,
you need to consider something. Right now,
banks appear to be restricting credit. The
news right now is mostly focusing on
mortgages and tightening standards. One
story stated that one bank now requires a
person have a 700 FICO score to qualify.
HELOC's are also reportedly getting much
harder, if not impossible to get. But with
credit cards it is being reported a little
different. Basically people are having
their credit lines reduced or accounts
closed. The thing about this is the Banks
often don't tell their clients they have
done this until the client attempts to use
the card. Then it is declined. Poke around
the web, you'll see this does happen and
even when challenged in court, the credit
card holder loses, according to online
reporting. Do you have any cards you never
use? Ever think about charging up a bag of
groceries or a tank of gas once in a while
just to keep it active? Banks are in
business to make money and if they are not
making money off of you, they will shift
their credit availability to someone they
can make money off of. The key here is
this. Banks are moving into a defensive
position and it's only wise considering
the millions of people who have lost jobs
these past several weeks and the millions
who may never find decent work again.
Additionally, the banks may also be
privately concerned that Congress may
decide to do some form of debt
forgiveness, potentially leaving them in a
lurch.

Banks don't want to deal with thousands of
dollars in charges and a borrower who
cannot meet his obligations because of
long term unemployment. So this is
something that perhaps you should keep an
eye on. Credit cards can be great. Car
going to cost about $3000 to fix and you
don't have the cash? Roof blew off in the
last storm and the lowest estimate to fix
it is about $7500? This is where credit
cards can really come in handy. So if you
have a card and want to keep it, you may
want to keep these things in mind.

I hate to harp on the economy and will
soon get to some of the human rights,
persecution issues our world faces, but
right now the west faces a burgeoning
crisis that could indeed turn into
something pretty dreadful as a result of
the reaction to this pandemic. So bear
with me as I talk about it from time to
time. If you don't think money is
important, try living without it for a few
months!

There are more and more stories coming out
about the after effects of this pandemic.
The NYT talks about some pretty big
changes that may occur in California as
they deal with their problems.
Homelessness, incarceration, medical care
these are all now being accentuated by the
lockdowns and pandemic. Keep in mind that
California has one of the highest poverty
rates in the nation. Big Liberalism has
not solved the problems they said they
wanted to, instead many of their policies
seem to have exacerbated them. Some of the
newer polices that are being tossed about
by State and county officials seem only
designed to make things worse.

Until California and like
minded states realize that government at
times is the problem (though certainly not
always) and allows the small and medium
sized businessman to hire people without
reams of regulatory red tape and a
financial burden per employee that would
break an elephants back, they will
continue to have problems. Hand outs are
not good policy for government. A hand up
is. But there has to be a place, a
permanent and sustainable job where those
who have been left out can go to be
productive. When the State makes hiring so
onerous and expensive and businesses
simply cannot afford to do it, they create
the very homelessness they say they want
to end. Helping rather than hindering
small and medium sized businesses is a big
step out of the state's many social and
fiscal problems. I read today (NY Post)
that California is going to sue Uber and
Lyft for classifying drivers as
contractors. Such a designation keeps them
from having to pay certain regulatory
(benefits) costs. I also note that Uber
just laid off thousands of folks. What
better way to create a new batch of
homeless people? Regulate the jobs away!!

State's are going to be forced to deal
with long standing problems they refused
to deal with before and to me that is a
good thing. But for some states and
municipalities, it may very well mean
bankruptcy. Left leaning bastion states
like Illinois... I don't know how they are
going to avoid it without a massive
bailout. What would a bankruptcy look
like? Ugly and a lot of people are going
to get hurt. Look, check around the web
for yourself on the State's financial
problems. People just don't realize how
irresponsible many elected representatives
in many states have been. It was not
convenient for voters to know and do some
basic math, when other 'emotional' issues
took their attention away.

As today's update is going to be short and
sweet. I did want to pass on some reports
that you all may find if interest. Most
are from the CRS but the last two from the
GAO.

Finally... take note on
the jobs front once again... its a
bloodbath out there.

In closing,
what the markets have been telling us
since 2008 is that this is the end game
for the whole American dollar based
financial order. Any country that has to
consistently and continually come up
with new facilities, new bailouts and
new programs just to keep the system
from imploding without making any
subsequent and effective reforms
cannot survive. Hence I think a new
order will one day soon arise, it will
certainly be one made out of necessity
rather than brotherly affinity, I think
it will be utilitarian rather than
utopian and be designed to save the
global trading system and each nations
own relative economic positions. This
ultimately is what Putin and Xi have
been trying to do, though with a darker
and more authoritarian model of
governance. I think it is what Europe
will one day be forced to do as quietly
as they can. Others will follow suit
(ie., the Arab world)
The key here to keep in mind is that the
system has changed little since 2008.
It's still is systemically flawed. First
and foremost with hundreds of trillions
in notional derivatives out there, there
is very little cash to cover calls and
this is why we keep coming back to
square one. People are taking risks
because they know that the Fed will come
in and save them when they make bad
investments and can't pay their bills.
My view is that so as long as the Fed
keeps saving 'poor pitiful rich guy'
time and again, poor pitiful rich guy
will keep malinvesting his money. It's
kind of like keeping your 20 year old in
diapers because every time he messes
himself, he knows if he cries loud
enough, mommy will come a running. Mommy
once again, came a running with a whole
box of diapers in her hand for that
squalling brat that just turned 20 years
old and needs a shave.

Simply put, the worst of
the economic crisis is looks to lie
ahead. If you have any doubt, look at
the latest unemployment numbers. They
are utterly disastrous and tell you the
level of economic inactivity going on in
the nation. By some estimates the US
unemployment rate could go over 30% in
the next few weeks. No, the government
will find creative ways of 'adjusting'
the reality so that news organizations
can cite their statistically 'perfumed'
numbers. But it is not unreasonable to
expect unemployment to reach and even
surpass those numbers of the Great
Depression. There could very well be a
massive tsunami of corporate, business
and personal bankruptcies in the months
ahead.
So let me make this plain, the economy
may not be grabbing the headlines right
now, instead its the death toll from the
virus, as it should be. But behind all
the body bags and sick people are
millions who are not working and many
will not work again for much longer than
they expected because the place of
business they used to work at will
shutter their doors as a result of this
crisis.
Well that's it for now. We will continue
to look at the economy and the fall out
from Covid-19 as the days and weeks
pass...*** Please note -
this piece is just personal
commentary, NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE.
Please find a licensed
professional for any important
financial questions you may have.
***
God bless you all in Christ!Brother Mark

5 May

Divine Judgement

Blessings to you all in the
name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!!
Well, today, let's look at an issue I think
it is important. The issue of God's full
judgement and fury. All of us would be wise
to remember God's mercy and love for all of
us and the length's he went through to save
us, through the work, death and resurrection
of Jesus Christ. But we are all quite
foolish when we forget the other side of
God's reaction to sin. There is forgiveness
and there is judgement. Which of these we
receive from the hand of the Lord is up to
us.

Come
near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and
the fulness thereof; the world, and all things that come
forth from it. For Jehovah hath indignation against
all the nations, and wrath against all
their host:
he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the
slaughter. Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies shall come up; and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. (Isa 34:1-3 ASV)

The prophet here issues an
appeal - 'Listen, hearken. give hear to
what I have to say', paraphrasing the
prophet Isaiah, speaking on behalf of the
God of Israel! He was a man whose words had
both a tremendous promise for those who love
the Lord and tremendous judgment for those
who rebel against him. His book is one of
the most beautifully written prophetic
books, in my opinion. The prophet here warns of
what God is going to and in a prophetic
sense has already done. Prophets often speak
in ways that are in some instances,
ambiguous chronologically. In this passage,
I think the effect is to show that this is a
'done deal'. This is going to happen and
that this prophecy is meant to show people
what is certain to come and is consequently
phrased as though it has already happened.
God is going to judge the nations, all of
them, the whole world. He will not repent of
it. This is going to happen. No,
I do not think this coronavirus situation is
anything close to what God has in mind for
the world. I think what is happening now is
something designed to get the world's
attention - full and undivided attention.
But God has what can only be called a 'knock
out blow' that will translate into 'killed
in the ring' kind of punch prepared for a
sinful, wicked and wayward world.

And
all the host of heaven shall be dissolved,
and the heavens shall be rolled
together as a scroll; and all their host shall fade away,
as the leaf fadeth from off the vine, and as a
fading leaf from the fig-tree. For my sword hath drunk its
fill in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom,
and upon the people of my curse, to
judgment.The sword of Jehovah is filled with
blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the
blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the
kidneys of rams; for Jehovah hath a sacrifice in
Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of
Edom. (Isa 34:4-6 ASV)

Now
this is serious divine judgement. God is
indeed one day going to deal with all the
nations, but the heavens also shall not be
unaffected. Yes, even the heavens will shake
and shudder under the Lord's judgement. It
is not hasty or ill considered action on the
part of the Most High. Moreover, there is
warning before it falls. God here calls out
to the nations so that they may hear what he
has planned for them. This passage does
mention all nations but singles out Edom in
particular. One can find other judgements on
Edom (Idumea) also in the book of Obadiah. This is a no-nonsense
prophecy. Note the language in verse six,
that the Lord's sword is filled with blood.
Prophets often use poetry and symbolism to
describe what God is telling the hearers,
hence the reference to animals often used in
religious sacrifice. Moreover, they need to
pay attention since the message will deeply
effect them. The language here is that of a
great sacrifice.
Christ was our sacrifice on the cross, but
for unrepentant world, a world stepped in unrepentant
lust, greed, violence, hate and murder their
sacrifice will be their own suffering
followed by their death followed by the
eternal consequences of their misdeeds, sins
and wickedness. God
is most angry with the nations and fully
intends on venting his fury on them for
their wickedness. For
many long generations God has allowed the
nations to walk in their own ways and do
what is right in their own eyes. Great evil
is usually the result, evil carefully hidden
to evils openly displayed. God see's it all.
He also see's how those whom he sends to
warn them are treated by those who are sent
to them. In short, God has put up with
looking at great evil, day in and day out,
for years, decades, centuries and millennia.
He has shown exceptional patience because of
the love he bears mankind. But one day that
patience is going to go away. It's going to
end and when that happens, judgement, real
harsh judgement will fall.
Yet, sometimes the message of prophets and
the gospel is positively received as in the
passage below in Acts, where Paul lays out
how God has shown great forebearance to the
world.

and
saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with
you, and bring you good tidings, that ye should turn from these vain
things unto a living God, who made the
heaven and the earth and the sea, and all
that in them is: who in the generations gone by suffered
all the nations to walk in
their own ways. And yet he left not himself without
witness, in that he did good and gave you from
heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your
hearts with food and gladness. (Act 14:15-17 ASV)

In
this city (Lystra), the message of God's
word was well received by the populace. They
even wanted to sacrifice to Paul and
Barnabas for they thought they were gods.
Paul corrects them and tells them that in
the past, God allowed men to walk in their
own ways and was long suffering towards the
sons of men and even provided good things
for the sons of men to enjoy. But now, God
was and is calling all men to repentance in
Christ Jesus. But
there comes a time when that patience comes
to an end. When it does, judgment can be
swift and very severe. When God gathers all
nations unto himself to judge them, that
will be such a time. They will come together
against God, to fight with him. God is going to allow deceiving
spirits to be set loose to draw the
kings who are in rebellion against him to a
certain place.

And
I saw coming out of the mouth of the
dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false
prophet,
three unclean spirits, as it were
frogs:
for they are spirits of demons, working signs; which go forth unto the kings of the whole world, to gather them together unto the war
of the great day of God, the
Almighty. (Behold, I come as a thief.
Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his
shame.) And they gathered them together into
the place which is called in Hebrew
Har-Magedon. (Rev 16:13-16 ASV)

God
has a plan and it's going to be fulfilled.
He is going to deal with the
nations.

And
the wild-oxen shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls: and their land shall be drunken with
blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
For Jehovah hath a day of
vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of
Zion. (Isa 34:7-8 ASV)

Yes, our God is a vengeful God. All that
innocent blood, all the harm men did to others
and particularly his people he has not
forgotten. He will NEVER forget. In this
salvation thing, it's all or nothing. This
vengeance here is about his people and his
heritage, Zion. But it is also directed at we
Christians, the Church who have been grafted
into Israel and who are now part of that divine
heritage (Zion). Those who attack his people and
the true body of Christ (the Church), God's
controversy is also with them. Those who have a
controversy with his people also have a
controversy with God.

Let us consider how the Church, those few who
actually keep the commandments of God are
treated in the very last days and how many of
God's people shall be martyred by the antichrist
system.

And
when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the
altar the souls of them that had been slain
for the word of God, and for the testimony
which they held: and they cried with a
great voice, saying, How long, O Master,
the holy and true, dost thou not judge
and avenge our blood on them that dwell on
the earth? (Rev 6:9-10 ASV)

Brothers
as our world is slowly changing and I am fairly
well convinced the changes we are now seeing
will begin a kind of deep transformation of our
world, we need to always keep in mind God's
purpose in these things. It is to save man, but
also to judge those who refuse to change their
ways. He will deal most severely with those who
do his people wrong and persist in evil. Let
this also be a warning to false ministers and
false prophets and those who deliberately and
consistently abuse their positions within the
Church and the body of Christ. God has a
recompense with him for such, see the book of
Jude.

It's going to be payday on that day and everyone
is going to get paid - some with
salvation, others with damnation, but there is a
paycheck with your name on it, ready to be
delivered at the proper time.

You own life and deeds will be written in the
amount section of the check that will be handed
to you at the proper time.

30 Apr

Know Your Enemy - Part II

...and know your friends!!

Note: We will continue
with another section of the Know Your Enemy series
with a section that is more positive and
uplifting. Keep in mind this was written a couple
of years ago and posted for insiders, though the
version that appears below has been moderately
edited and redacted for the public site.

This update in the Know Your Enemy
series is one that is going to be more positive
and uplifting than the last ones. They dealt
mostly with the the dark side of spiritual
warfare. But there is a much brighter side to
the aspect of Spiritual Warfare.

That the Lord has his army and his angels who
are constantly busy serving God and intervening
in the affairs of men. The scriptures are full
of incidents of Angels dealing directly with the
sons and daughters of men.

Angels are very familiar beings in the Bible.
When God is getting ready to do something big,
angels often appear to God's servants.

Now
the birth of Jesus Christ was on this
wise:
When his mother Mary had been betrothed to
Joseph,
before they came together she was found
with
child of the Holy Spirit. And Joseph her
husband,
being a righteous man, and not willing to
make
her a public example, was minded to put
her away privily.
But when he thought on these things,
behold,
an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in
a dream,
saying, Joseph, thou son of David,
fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife:
for that which is conceived in her is of
the Holy Spirit.
And she shall bring forth a son; and thou
shalt call his name JESUS;
for it is he that shall save his
people from their sins.
(Mat 1:18-21 ASV)

In this instance, the Angel appeared in a dream.
God was doing something very, very big but what
was happening in the natural realm did not sit
right with Joseph, as he clearly was wondering
who had slept with Mary, since it was not him.
Here the Lord intervened using an angel in a
dream. But this was not the only time Joseph and
Mary had dealings with Angels. They were warned
in other occasions recorded for us. In Matt 2:12-13 and
in Matt 2:19 as
well as in Matt 2:22
we see a similar situation. They needed guidance
and the Lord provided it to them. God was indeed
intent upon protecting the young couple. Why?
Because he knew the devil and his agents were
seeking to kill the child in the womb of Mary.

Joseph and Mary probably did not know the extent
of the danger they were in and that the Roman
appointed governor was seeking to kill the
child. But God knew and was moving to protect
them and the child. When the devil is moving,
God knows. He knows how to protect his people
who are serving him and are doing his will. Once
we dedicate, and I do mean DEDICATE our lives to
God's service, through the power and
resurrection of Jesus Christ, we change
spiritual sides and families. We are the
property of Jesus and as such will be looked
after by him. Part of such protection of us is
God's use of angels. Holy, powerful and ever
busy angels, who have remained loyal to the
Lord.

There are many other instances in
scripture where Angels intervened directly in
the affairs of men. There is the incident with
Hagar, who was cast out of the house by Sarai
(Sarah). Hagar was dealt with harshly but the
Lord saw the tears of Hagar and sent an angel to
her to comfort her as well as to give her a
promise (Gen 16:4ff)
An angel appeared again to her (Gen 21:17). Then
there was the at Sodom. These angels
appear to have had a two fold purpose. One was
to investigate the sins and abominations of the
city and the other was to protect Lot and his
family (Gen
19:1ff). Abraham also had
interaction with Angels (Gen
22:11). Time would fail me to
talk of Moses (Exodus
3:2), the children of Israel's
exodus (Exodus 23:20).
Again, an angel appeared to the children of
Israel after the death of Joshua and gave them a
charge (Judges 2:1ff)
at Bochim.

Gideon? He too was visited by an Angel (Judges 6:11).
God was getting ready to do something important
and sent his angel to prepare those whom he was
going to use. God was going to use Gideon in a
big way. The point here is not to recount all
the places Angels appeared, only to show that
when God has an important purpose to fulfill, he
will often send in angels first to prepare, to
protect, to guide, to encourage and to warn as
the Angel did with Mary and Joseph.

The first few sections of our know
your enemy series dealt with demons and the
fallen host. But this one I want to be
uplifting, encouraging and give you all hope and
light so that you all know and fully internalize
that...

The
angel of Jehovah encampeth round about
them that fear him, And delivereth them.
(Psa 34:7 ASV)

How do we get this kind of divine protection?
It's simple - we have to fear the Lord. What
does this mean? Let's look at the Hebrew word
for fear. It means to revere, to be afraid of,
to dread (H3372 and H3373). We
have to revere and fear him. Yes, fear can have
the connotation of just that, to be frightfully
scared of God's awesome might and power. Modern
day preachers often don't like to talk about
that aspect of our respect for God, but anyone
who ignores it is behaving most foolishly. These
modern pastors like to emphasize God's love for
us all, which is indeed deep and real. But the
whole counsel of God also requires us to have
this other aspect of reverence for God. But how
do we return that very great love he has shown
us by offering up his son as a sacrifice for our
sins? This is how.

He
that hath my commandments, and keepeth
them,
he it is that loveth me: and he that
loveth me
shall be loved of my Father, and I will
love him,
and will manifest myself unto him.
(Joh 14:21 ASV)

We can show God our love and reverence for him
by obeying his commandments. This is how we
demonstrate that love and such demonstration is
required. It is not enough to say we love or
'feel' love. No, it is something that we must
do. There is action involved and in this
instance, the action is obedience to Christ
Jesus. Do you want this kind of divine
protection? The way to do that is to obey and
believe in Christ and the Father, who sent him.

Jesus
answered and said unto them,
This is the work of God, that ye believe on
him
whom he hath sent.
(Joh 6:29 ASV)

I write these things to you not
because you don't know these things, for I know
that many of you do, but rather it is to
demystify them for those of you who perhaps are
wondering who gets the protection of God's
angels and who does not.

Well the choice really is up to sovereign God.
He chooses to protect those whom he will protect
and that protection may not always just entail
those who serve him. It may be an institution
that is important to God's purposes, or a world
leader whom God is planning on using, as we saw
in the book of Daniel where the Angel was sent
to strengthen Darius.

But we who have chosen to serve the Lord, we
have this promise from God. That if we fear him,
he will send us his angel to encamp around us,
to protect us.

These angels can be invaluable in times of
Spiritual warfare. When, I was being hounded and
harassed by the deep state, I waited a long time
to really begin to engage in spiritual warfare
against them. It was fully my own
fault and failing. But also know this, Satan's
human agents often have no clue they are doing
the devils work, being totally under the control
of deceiving spirits. So we should avoid, not
hate these emissaries of darkness.

I was and am an independent voice, one crying in
the wilderness and this was my main and primary
'sin' (in their eyes). I did not have the 'deep
state' seal of approval on my right hand or
forehead, like many other 'ministries' do.
Because I was slow to recognize the depth and
nature of the attack, it went on for a long,
long time. It was only after I had a powerful
dream from the Lord that I realized just how
serious it all really was. Then the Lord gave me
discernment, light and some specific commands,
what to do and what not to do. I don't want to
digress here but we must realize that God see's
danger when we do not. He is far more knowing
than we are. He knows all things, from beginning
to end and knows the hearts of men.

So when I began to pray against the spiritual
strongholds, the demonic ones who operate within
our government, things began to happen. The
treachery of some was exposed and I even got a
chance to talk to investigators who did not know
that I knew they were investigators. God gave me
discernment.

God was looking out for me and this humble
ministry. Why? Because this site is not my idea.
It's God's. I did not want to do this,
but when God gives me or you a mission and a
ministry as long as we are true to him, he will
be true to us. God sent me his angels and
protected me from the devil's devices. May he
continue to do just that with me, but also
with each and everyone of you as
well, who serve, honor and love the Lord Jesus
Christ. God made a promise to me years ago and
this was it "take care of my business, and I
will take care of yours". The Lord's
business here is for me to stand on the wall and
watch, to not slumber as is the habit of some,
to not get discouraged or downcast. But to stand
and watch. It seems like an unimportant job, but
I know that it is not. I am to write and watch
and to be a kind of 'scribe of righteousness'
for our times. Being a watchman is indeed
important. Why? Let me explain.

At night I often listen to audiobooks and ones
on the Civil War are of great interests to me.
There is Company Aytch, Three Years
in the Federal Calvary, The Memoirs Of
Col. Mosby and others as well. One thing
that comes up clear when reading the memoirs of
those who fought was the harsh way that those
who slept on night-watch were dealt with. They
were often shot for sleeping on watch. In one
famous incident, Lincoln pardoned one such
soldier. FYI, those of you interested can find
these audiobooks for free at Librivox.com.
I warn you, once you get hooked on reading these
wonderful copyright-free books, you will
probably get hooked! But one word of warning,
some readers are better than others. Some read
the works with great skill and others... well...
not so much(!).

Sleeping on post is a very serious offense
during war. We are in a spiritual war and I must
not slumber nor sleep. However humble this site
is, God wants it up here. One thing I can tell
you is this. When things go haywire in the
world, the economy goes awry, etc., my traffic
goes up significantly. When things are slow, so
is traffic. Many within God's small flock know
where to come to get good solid information and
perspective. Those who don't want to be swayed
by lies and deceptions of our times understand
that this site is to help God's people to
understand these times, not play politics, race
games, or play up to the falsities of modern
western Christianity.

One of the tasks of these angels is to watch. In
fact in many places they are called Watchers.
This appears to be one of the key jobs they have
to watch and gather information for the Lord and
report back. We saw this in Genesis when Angels
were sent to Sodom and in Zechariah, when they
reported the earth was at rest. Well, one thing
is they are to watch over us. To protect us.

So my question to each of you is this? What is
your job? What task is it that God has called
you to do? Are you faithful to it? I don't care
if it is 'just' raising kids. In this day and
age, raising kids is no mean task and to raise
them in a Godly fashion is very
difficult indeed. I will not belittle a
housewife with kids and the work they have to
do. It's not a job gave to me. I have never had
kids and am too old to start now. So, my hats
off you all of you men and women who raise
children, your job is no less important than a
pastor, a Missionary, a Prophet or a Bishop. The
key here is to be faithful in what he gave
you to do. Remember, he who is faithful in
little is also faithful in much. Do you want the
Angel of the Lord to encamp around your home?
Here is how to do it. Fear the Lord and do
as he commands. Be faithful to him in all
things and God will indeed send ministering and
protecting angels to you.

When the devil begins to level his guns at you,
you can then call upon the name of the Lord and
his angels are already there... at the ready.

One thing I do when I am under assault or feel
the need to is this. I pray about my situation
but I also pray that God strengthens the angels
who have been sent to protect me, that he
encourages them and gives them extra strength
and re-reinforcements if needed. Yes, I have
done this on more than one occasion. We don't
know the depths of battle and warfare they have
to undergo on our behalf. But based on the
warning I received from the Lord, I suspect in
my case the battle was not insignificant.

Are you having health issues? One rarely knows
the source... a prayer may very well assist.
Indeed, it may indeed be an attack by the devil
against you. Finances a mess? It could be a
satanic attack. Yes, he loves to attack the
finances of the saints. Mine have come under
attack on many occasions. Are you having trouble
in your marriages? This too is a high level
target on the devil's hit list.

Getting before God to give us discernment about
these things is very important. Me? I tend to be
a very proactive person about all major issues
in my life. I don't wait around to fix things.
But when I cannot get ahead of a problem, I have
a tendency to worry and this often is an avenue
the devil has used against me. I know my faults
and thus know how he uses a personality trait
against me, to be prepared for the worst. This
has always been the way I have operated. I
prepare for the worst, but work for and hope for
the best. That way no matter what happens, I
have a plan in place to deal with whatever may
occur.

One thing we must be keenly aware of. Though we
can certainly pray for our angelic protection,
we cannot give them orders. Their orders come
from heaven and the only reason we have their
protection is because using a war metaphor, we
have joined the Lord's army. They take their
orders from the Commander in Chief (the Lord),
not from a raw recruit (me and you). They are
there to protect us as the Lord gives them
unction.

In closing I want to make sure that no one here
goes away thinking that the devils hordes are
too powerful and that we should be in dread of
them. We have a God who is on our side and has
is own army and loyal angels to look out for us.
They have a strong incentive to do us right.
What is that incentive? Well, beyond just
wanting to please God and obey him there is
another and one we should be cognizant of.

Know
ye not that we shall judge angels?
how much more, things that pertain to this
life?
(1Co 6:3 ASV)

What? We shall judge the angels! Yes, we shall
as well as the world at the side of Christ (1Cor 6:2). This
is important... why? Well, I think (just my
suspicion) this is one of God's little 'checks
and balances' to make sure the Angels do their
jobs and do it right. If they don't, guess who
will judge their work? You guessed it. You and
me!! But we need to look upon them as powerful
protectors and allies in a life and death
spiritual struggle. We need them, but in the
long run, they need us and our good report at
the end of this age.

Well, brothers I say all of this by way of
encouragement. God loves us and he has provided
for us in many ways, including in giving us
angels who watch over us. Let us rejoice in the
Lord, give thanks for what he has done for us
and remember this - we receive these things from
God, not because of our deserts, but because God
loves us and because of the sacrifice of Jesus
Christ on the cross and the blood shed for the
remission of our sins.

Let all God's saints say...

Amen!!

Brother Mark

Originally
written on 16 July 2018

28 Apr

Prayer

Today is just going to be a
day of prayer requests. Not so much for any
readers here but for key people in our world
today.

I would like all of us to take some time out
and pray for leaders the world over. I would
like us to pray for the Leader of the UK.
Boris Johnson, who is getting better after
his bout with the Covid-19 which he
described as 'an invisible mugger'. He needs
prayer. Many people don't like him and he is
on the hot seat over his response to the
virus. Please pray for him in his job as
well as those in his cabinet. Britain has a
lot of problems right now and one of them is
dealing with the after effects of Brexit.
Britain and its Prime Minister could really
use your prayers. I think it would be great
if the UK would begin to recall its
Christian roots and forsake its increasingly
atheistic and even pagan leanings and
remember the God who made the Brit's an
empire.

I also think we should pray for Angela
Merkel. She has had her hands full for many
years running Germany. I have always had a
kind of grudging respect for her leadership.
Being from the Eastern part of Germany she
understands what repression is and having
been the target of the East German State
police (Stasi), she knows first hand that
state power can be abused and it can effect
people personally. She refused to become a
spy for the agency. She will be leaving
office one day in the not too distant future
and we should pray she does some real good
her last months in office.

Let us pray for the leaders
in China, not just Xi but other people in
China who are chaffing at the bit at the
'hard red turn' Xi has taken the nation. Let
us pray for the Christians who live there
and the plight of many who are in jail for
the sake of the gospel. Let us also not
forget others who have been badly mistreated
by the Chinese regime as Xi attempts to
coerce the nation into its Maoist past. Many
of you may find a piece of great interests
called "Uighur's for sale" out of the
Australian Strategic Policy Institute
(ASPI). Take some time out and for those of
you who are visually inclined, just take a
look at some of the charts. I think you will
understand why I say this once you do. What
is happening in China and to the over one
billion people who live there should make
any intelligent person with a conscience sit
up and take notice.

We should also pray for
North Korea. The rumors are flying that Kim
is sick, that he is comatose and even that
he is dead. The usually unalarmist 38 North
takes note of the fact that Kim has not been
seen in pubic for some time and also notes
that a Train associated with him was seen at
the leadership compound near since around
the 21st of April. By itself it proves
nothing, but given that there has been a
kind of deafening silence on his whereabouts
and health, speculation is rife. Even Sen
Graham the other day, made mention of the
fact that these rumors and the fact that the
regime has let them run wild is cause for
concern. The silence is indeed a key
indicator that something big may be up. Kim
may be OK, but there still may be some kind
of power battle going on behind the scenes.

Also keep in mind that there is a total lack
of reliable information on the scope and
scale of COVID-19 cases inside the country.
In short, intelligence officials probably
have a decent idea of what is going on
inside the Kingdom, but the Trump
administrations obsession with secrecy as
well as the legitimate need to protect
sources and methods will prevent we 'peons'
from knowing what is really going on inside
the Hermit Kingdom.

I think the President should really
reconsider the decisions to close down so
many Open Source reporting entities. Too
often the intelligence community simply does
not report things to the public that often
is of the utmost importance to them.
COVID-19 being a perfect example. For
leaders and those in public positions, they
often don't have the time to get official
guidance and the official story line before
they make key decisions. Additionally
academics, former officials and others can
often weigh in on key issues and give a
perspective that is often very useful or may
not have been considered in official
channels, either because of the lack of
experience by analysts or by virtue of a
deliberate bureaucratic policy in order to
get an outcome that would ordinary not
happen if they had provided decision makers
with the full and total picture. In other
words, cherry picked intelligence designed
to deceive decision makers, rather than
inform.

We should also pray for MbS
and Saudi Arabia. They are going through a
very, very tough time right now, having to
borrow a lot of money to keep spending
levels normalized. I note that they have had
a cease fire in Yemen and reports are they
plan in extending it another month. Let us
pray that this continues. Yemen has been
badly battered, its people hungry, many sick
and dying and the country is facing several
troubles of biblical proportions all at the
same time - war, famine, even locusts. Let
us pray that that war can come to an end.
Also let us pray that somehow the Gospel can
be shared with Yemeni's, many of whom must
be deeply concerned for their future both
individually and nationally.

Let us pray for President
Putin and Russia. The Russian leader has
many problems he faces; from economic
problems as the price of oil drops, to
demographic problems, to parliamentary
problems with his change of the Russian
Constitution, to other issues facing the
country. Let us pray that he is given wisdom
to make his county one that stands for
peace, cooperation and personal and
political freedom within her nation and
spheres of influence.

Let us also pray for the President of
Ukraine who seems to genuinely desire peace.

Let us also pray for many of the countries
in Africa as they deal with major problems,
not least of which is that of violent
fanaticism but also rising instability
inside many countries as they deal with
violent militantism as well as ethnic
strife, elections, systemic corruption,
epidemics and other issues. From Angola to
Zimbabwe, let us all pray for the leaders
and people of Africa.

Let us pray for the Mexican
President and people as they battle many of
their own problems, not least of which are
the cartels and the violence that they
engender.

Let us pray for Venezuela
that somehow the deep political problems and
impasse can be satisfied so that some kind
of normalcy can come to the country that
leadership can arise that will bring this
without falling down prostrate before
Washington, but can do so with the rabid
anti-Americanism that is deeply embedded in
portions of the country. That both America
and the Venezuelans can come to terms in a
positive and constructive way that maintains
their economic and political sovereignty,
but is less hostile to America. Let us also
pray that Venezuela's troubles do not spill
over into a regional low-intensity
conflagration.

Let us pray for the leaders here in America
as well. Let's start with the Governors of
all 50 states. Each should be prayed for as
each has been instrumental in dealing with
this crisis of COVID-19. For the most part,
they have acted swiftly and with admirable
restraint and I think tried their best to
mitigate this crisis to the best of their
ability. Let us all pray for them as they
all will be facing a very ugly aftermath.
One of the biggest will be seriously
declining revenues into state coffers. Some
states and localities will do better than
others, but for many, some very, very
serious fiscal challenges await them. For
many they have seen a significant decline in
revenues as sales taxes have dried up
because many businesses have been closed.
Businesses as well who pay various local and
state taxes can't because well... they have
been closed.

The sad part of it is many of them will not
re-open. This shutdown is going to put a lot
of them out of business. I read the other
day where one major Credit Card company
posted a notable loss. The reason cited was
that people were not going out to
restaurants (they are closed in my state)
are not buying gas (people can't go to work)
and other forms of entertainment are just no
longer possible (sports, concerts). Some
credit card companies are reportedly cutting
people's credit lines... without notice
leaving many in a bind. So don't kid
yourself, the economic effects of this are
going to be with us for a while. But if
States can get things moving towards opening
sometime in May and June, some businesses
may survive and tax revenue loss may not
necessarily be as catastrophic as some
envision. So pray for your local leaders,
your County Council, your City Council and
your State leadership as well. COVID-19's
effect on us all is going to be with us for
quite some time and I don't think they will
be particularly pleasant. But they they
could be mitigated considerably the sooner
things get back to some semblance of
normalcy.

I think we should really pray that in times
like these the Gospel message goes forth.
That we spread a message of hope, faith and
righteousness (and repentance from sin) in
times like these; not fear, dread and
loathing. The world needs a dose of hope and
a turning away from dead works of
pride/arrogance, violence, hate, lust, greed
and the worship of gods and idols who are
the creation of men's vain imaginations. We
must pray that God raises up Godly men who
are filled with the Holy Spirit, love, faith
and peace to do his work in these rapidly
changing and troublesome times.

Finally pray for bloggers,
pastors, alternative video-casters and
others who are doing battle in a different
kind of battlefield, the digital one. A
'warzone' that did not exist just a couple
of decades ago. Be assured, it is a kind of
war zone out here with takedowns,
censorship, demonetizing, de-listings and
other tactics used to silence voices that
speak truth to power.

May God richly bless you
all as you pray.

God really does desire to hear the prayers
of his people.

The
sacrifice of the wicked
is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright
is his delight.

(Proverbs
15:8 ASV)

In Christ,

Brother Mark

23 Apr

Migrants

Well the Covid-19 stories
continue. It's hard to ignore them. Thank you
to the reader who sent me the link on
Vaccines, RFK and Gates. We may do a longer
post on that subject in the not too distant
future. But not today. Today, we are going to
talk about the virus, but how it is effecting
those of meager means and almost no political
power, that being migrant workers.

There are not many stories
about them here in the US, but the global
lockdown is having an enormous effect on
migrant workers in other parts of the world.
In countries like India, migrant workers are a
very important part of India's economy. How
big is this workforce? According to some
estimates (International Labor Organization),
the 'informal sector' accounts for about 80%
of India's workforce in non-agriculture. So
this is not a little problem for countries
like India. When the lockdown occurred, many
were stranded with no jobs no place to sleep,
little or no food and state borders closed,
transit disrupted or shut down, migrant
workers were suddenly hit with a shock after
Modi locked down India.

They left major cities after the lockdown
because there was no work and the cost of
living in many of these places was high. So
there was a mass movement of people in India,
walking to wherever it is they wanted to go.
Hundreds of thousands of them. Many make up
the lowest rung of India's Hindu caste system.

Here is something that is rather remarkable
and I think very prophetic. There is deep
concern right now that these poor and
marginalized people. One concern is that when
the government hands out food aid, many will
not be able to get it because of Aadhaar. What
is that you might ask? It's India's bio-metric
system of identification. It's something I
have talked about before and a considerable
amount of information can be found about it on
it on the Web. The issue is that those who
don't have the card and don't extend their
finger into the reader, may not be able to get
food or aid. This is the concern that some
Human Rights organizations are talking about
now. How did the Bible put it?, 'no man may
buy or sell save that he have the mark.' More
and more it looks like those days are fast
approaching and we may talk a bit about that
when we get to the health responses being made
throughout the world. But in India, the anger
among some migrants is real, there are reports
of violent riots some setting cars on fire.

... But India is hardly the only place having
trouble.

Let's go over Singapore.
There, migrants are on lockdown and this
lockdown means cramped often unclean living
conditions - a breeding ground for just this
kind of pandemic. Social distancing is often
not possible under such conditions. Singapore,
if you did not know is an exceptionally
'orderly' country. Many view it as a kind of
'soft' police state. They were praised for
their early response but now they have this
problem. All of these migrants in lockdown in
their closed space living quarters. According
to some reports, migrant workers have seen a
rise in Covid-19 infections recently.

Even in Canada there is
serious concern about the rules for such
workers. Many of them are migrant farmers and
some of these workers come from Mexico. Are
they being tested anywhere along the line?
That appears to be the question people are
asking. The question is an important one
because quarantine will happen either in a
Federal facility or on the farm where they
work, according to news reports. Is there
social distancing going on on these farms?
Perhaps, but in most cases, probably not. Many
of the same problems are being talked about in
Australia as well.

In Thailand the border with
Laos has reportedly been closed. So now these
workers are stuck between a rock and a hard
place. Their visa's will soon expire, they
can't leave the country and if they stay in
the country without a valid one, they could be
liable for a fine, one that compounds daily.
One of Thailand's resort Islands has now
turned into a kind of 'Coronavirus Hotel'.

Asia is one place to watch how
this virus evolves. Many of its cities are
densely populated and some fear that these
workers could become vectors for infection.

Yes, these lockdowns are having
disproportionate effect on the poor.

Well, I will save my ruminations on how long
this will last and why I think so later. What
I will do is talk about the past.

Many years ago, I watched the
excellent TV series called A History of
Britain. It came in many parts but was
really quite fascinating. Now I lived in the
UK for a couple of years and got to see a
great many of their Historic landmarks, etc,
so I found the series particularly
fascinating.

Well, in that series they talked about the
economic effect of the Black Death on Britain
and how it managed to make a very significant
impact if not just about re-write the whole
economic order of the realm. The long and
short of it was that the Plague had killed so
many laborers and skilled workmen, that
everything shifted. Prices in particular. If
there were much fewer laborers and the Landed
class needed to have his fields harvested, the
laborers now had the upper hand. They could
demand more money for their skilled work...
and they often got it. Land values depreciated
and this put the aristocracy in a bind. The
common man was starting to know his power. One
of the bigger mistakes made according to some
historians was to try and 'legislate' things
back to where they were before the Plague.
This could be seen in the Statue of Laborers
in the year 1351, under Edward III. Those of
you who are history buffs (like me!) may find
this book of great interest on those times, "The
enforcement of the statutes of labourers
during the first decade after black death,
1349-1359"Archive.org has a
digital copy available.

But these laws were very unpopular and went
against the new economic realities of the
times. They could no more legislate against
these new realities away than they could
legislate that the dead be resurrected. The
result? About 30 years later came the Great
Peasants revolt of Wat Tyler and the wage
scale and economic 'backwards thinking' of
those days that was a key (though not the
only) contributing factor to that rebellion.
The US governments FTC has a paper that you
all may find of some interest called the 'English
Economy Following the Black Death'
by Judith R. Gelman.

We cannot underestimate the effect that plague
had on the Europe. It killed probably 40% of
the population, though some estimates are
higher.

Now academics these days are
trying to figure out just how much an effect
it really did have on the continent. Opinions
differ. Some think they were long lasting,
others do not. But most agree the short term
effects were real and significant. The poor
fared better (there were fewer of them) and
the rich/elite fared worse, they had to pay
much more for the things they wanted done than
they previously paid for, which often was in
before the plague prices just the local 'chump
change'. More power was shifting to the lower
classes by reason of uncontrollable economic
forces.

Is anything like this possible
in the times of Covid-19? Hardly. The overall
effect on populations is very small compared
to the death rates in those days and is likely
to remain so. Rather, I see the negative and
long term economic effects of this being
driven not by purely economic forces but by
ill considered and 'knee-jerk' social and
economic policies that are now being
implemented world wide.

Granted times are very different from the 14th
century. Mainly because of the nature of
travel and global migratory patterns. Travel
is much more prevalent and there are
enormously more people alive today than there
were back then so measures must be taken. So
these self-same factors and results are not
likely to repeat themselves to any noticeable
degree. Still, the way governments have acted
in light of this pandemic is likely to in many
ways to cause many significant problems;
perhaps even greater problems on the economic
front than existed back then. Yes, governments
will attempt to legislate, tax and incentivize
things back to normalcy, but that is not
likely to be incredibly effective,
particularly if these lock-downs continue past
year end, and that is not out of the question.

Again, it will be the 'nobles' (of our times)
who are likely to be most effected. Those with
money, those who loaned money to those who
have industrial capacity that sits idle for
months. I read this morning where Auto Parts
makers are warning that if their plants remain
idle into May, it may be end of some of them.
This is going to be the case in many sectors
of the Global Supply chain.

We are already starting to see minor shifts
in habits that will likely be with us for a
while. Amazon is making a mint off of this,
they plan on hiring tens of thousands of new
people because demand for their services has
soared. This is good news for those 17
million Americans who have lost their jobs
since this crisis began. But when major
suppliers, industries and companies who have
been deeply effected by this crisis go into
receivership, what happens to all of that
capacity? The effects of this are likely to
be devastating on many levels if this lasts
much longer.

So brace yourselves, the global pandemic of
'Pinkslip-19' is far, far from over. The
worst is almost certainly yet to come. I
suspect that if things stay locked down into
the fall or if there is a short respite a
surge in cases followed by new lockdowns,
this will be one of those major
transformative economic events rivaling that
of the Great depression. I hope I am wrong,
but I don't see any economic saviors out
there who can carry the economy into 2021
without serious and just about permanent
economic damage.

I think our elite will work pretty hard to
make sure that more power does not
devolve to ordinary people as they fight to
keep control of a system they are afraid of
losing control of....

21 Apr

Covid-19 Thoughts...

I have put together bits
and pieces of a few posts over the past
couple of weeks that I think many of you
will find of interest. Mind the tenses
some of this was written a couple of weeks
ago.

What is to be said
about the COVID virus and our times?
That is an easy question and a hard one.
Prophetically this I think is a major turning
point for the world. When we read in the
scriptures of pestilences in relation to the
last days, we can honestly say we are seeing
them now, with both this virus and the plagues
of locusts now effecting much of the world
today. Do your own search on this, you can't
miss the stories.

But I think this is just the beginning of
sorrows.

Much more will transpire in our world and I am
worried that many believers are just not
spiritually, emotionally and psychologically
equipped to deal with the kinds of things coming
to our world. I think most of you here (insiders
to this site) will do fine, you are older, wiser
and more in tune with what is happening in the
world today. Additionally, you all know the
Lord. You are for the most part, like an old,
strong oak tree, your roots are deep into the
Lord and have seen many a storm pass by, unlike
many of the new saplings that will die when the
first winter frost comes on.

You are all greatly beloved of God and as such,
know the times. So, this is one reason why I
have not 'shouted' about this thing going on
that has the world's full attention. One thing
my God has told me clearly is to let this play
out. I am not to stress out or stress others out
over it. God is in this thing and has let it
happen for his own purposes.

I just get the impression we must all
let this play out. Our prayers... we can't pray
away much of what is coming, only that God will
guide and protect us individually from it when
it does.

There is a lot of panic and fear out there, many
are spreading it. From the vaccine pushers to
the conspiracy sites, everyone has their agenda
and everyone is pushing it now. The control
freaks are trying to get more control and the
fear freaks are trying to scare you into
something. We would be wise to listen to them,
but not pay them too much attention. The
rich men who run many of these massive firms see
a way into more government contracts, and I am
not just talking about vaccines. It looks to me
like the tech mafia as well is moving in.

Many see some big dark conspiracy behind all of
this. I don't see that as being the cause of
this pandemic. I see a lot of human error in the
spread/release of this disease and a lot of
decisions made by leaders that many of them had
little choice in making that are likely to make
many of our lives miserable on many levels for
years and years to come.

But if there is any conspiracy out
there it is that powerful forces want to use
this virus and the current panic for their own
purposes, mostly for people control. For these
interests, keeping the world shut down longer to
impose more rigorous control methods is in their
interest. Some are talking about biometrics,
others about mass surveillance others want us
all to carry 'papers'. I cannot help but get
very concerned as I know my history of the
Nazi's and how such 'papers' can be and almost
certainly will be abused. The key is that those
elements who want more control over our lives
and the world's populations are wide awake and
working overtime in order to get that control.

The Church

Let's talk for just a moment
about the Church and the virus. There have been
several pastors who have defied local ordinances
and laws and held Church services this Easter.
One in Mississippi got the Liberty First institute
to come in and help. This was not as 'open
defiance' as some may think. The pastor held a
drive in service. Similar things happened in
other states as well, as pastors decided to hold
services in spite of lockdown laws. The National
Review has a story outlining some of the events
that occurred over the weekend. But the courts
so far have not been sympathetic to local
officials who do this. In California one person
remarked that it was OK to go to a local pot
shop and get a joint, but not OK to go to
Church. In fact some churches sued the governor
over this in Federal Court. The Washington
Examiner has a story on this.

Then there is the pastor who died from the
pandemic in Virginia. His name was Gerald O.
Glen. This was a Black pastor and this virus is
really hitting the Black community pretty hard.
The Crystal Cathedral's former pastor Lawrence
Wilkes has reportedly died from the virus.
Several other pastors around the nation have
also succumbed to the disease.

In times of plague and pestilence we should
really be mindful of God and what we do. God can
and will protect us, but we must be obedient to
God and also to use some basic common sense. God
can do a lot for us, but we must do our part as
well. One thing we can do is to observe these
basic, common sense social distancing measures
and for the time being, just stay home - chill
out, kick back and remain quietly indoors. If
you go stir crazy, get out, go for a long walk
with your pooch, get in the car and just drive (if
state or local laws don't prevent you from doing
these things).

Get before God about attending Church
services. I really would. Better to be safe
than sorry. Keep in mind it's pretty hard to
praise God when your lungs are filled with
fluid because you have pneumonia or you are
on a ventilator. So please everyone, use
your heads.

COVID-19 Tidbits

Japan's cases have reported
passed 10,000 cases over the weekend. The
Japanese appear to be particularly
vulnerable to this. If you remember linked
to a chart that showed ACE2 expression from
the 1000 Genomes project (this was done for
insiders long ago). That chart put the
Japanese at the very top of the ACE2
expression which is largely believed to be a
genetic trait that makes susceptibility to
the virus more acute. I would post the chart
here, but I am not sure of the copyright and
it is getting very much harder to
find. But you may find this study of
interest and it is Creative Commons
licensed. You can find it here.
It has a map and some interesting info in
it.

I think we should keep a
couple of things in mind when dealing with
Japan and their government. They have shown
in the past to be far less than honest about
national disasters. How many of you remember
all the propaganda we heard about Fukushima?
In times of great tragedy their government
has a tendency to be far less than honest.
So, like China, I will not readily believe
their numbers. Go and do your own research
on Japanese Fukushima propaganda... you'll
see what I mean, if you have forgotten the
myriad of stories I posted here on it way
back then.

But on ACE2 - the 'powers that be' have
done a very good job of pulling that chart
down all over the web. So do check out that
link above download it before they take that
one down as well or hide it in search
engines so that it cannot be found. If you
want to know why this is hitting some
communities harder than others, that chart
and paper is the kind of background you need
that probably explains why better than any
other explanation we are hearing. (Note: I have talked about this
quite a bit for insiders and did not want
to get in the way of government policy
that I suspect was designed to protect
these vulnerable communities from freaks,
racists and nutjobs who would target them.
- But the information is pretty much out
now.).

The Japanese are however having a problem
as hospitals are becoming overwhelmed and
there are fears the health care system will
collapse. Keep your eyes on the rates of
infection and death in Asia. Indonesia has
confirmed more deaths as well and is
becoming a key epicenter of the disease.
Keep in mind that many cities in Asia are
densely populated and sanitation is not
always first rate.

How does this thing work in
the body? An interesting piece called "How
Does the Coronavirus kill..." from Science
Mag I think may help many of us understand
it. In it they talk about ACE2. This virus,
according to that author, is like nothing we
have ever seen before. I think also of note
is that anecdotal evidence is showing that
this thing stays with some people for a very
long time and sometimes keeps coming back.
Even with younger people. ZH has a piece on
this called "Young COVID-Positive Redditors
Describe Agony..." you may find of interest.

This thing is going to be with us a long
time. So let none of us be in denial. This
pandemic is real but I do want to stress
that people die of the flu and pneumonia
every year in the hundreds of thousands
globally. The difference here is in the
severity of the symptoms and the level of
contagiousness. The good news is that the
real mortality rate appears to be according
to many reports, pretty low. I also want to
point out that it is not clear to me if
medical officials are counting regular flu
and pneumonia deaths as Covid-19 deaths.

There are a lot of stories
about those in denial about COVID-19 and the
whole 'Covidiot' narrative that appears to
be being pushed by certain interests from
the Medical establishment. The idea is that
those who want to reopen the economy are now
being lambasted as Covidiots and naturally
the stories are duly printed by many
newspapers around the nation, particularly
left wing papers who then cite that they are
all 'Trump supporters' as though the
accusers have access to the party
affiliation and/or voting records of people
who they see and whose name they don't even
know. Just keep this in mind - 'rent-a-mobs'
funded by the left can also wear MAGA caps -
if it suits their purpose in creating or
sustaining a political narrative.

As usual people want to
politicize this and the left I think is far
worse than the right so far. Much worse.

But let me leave you with
this thought to those people who wish to
pray in the Temple of the Holy Vaccine and
pay their tithes and offerings to the
Priests of the Medical Insurance companies'
collection plate and who want the gods of
the temple to come and save us all from our
Covid-19. You all need to keep at
least one factor clearly in mind about
reopening the economy.

In South Africa, they have seen food
riots. Right in the city of Johannesburg
riots broke out because of food shortages.
Cape Town as well has seen problems. There
is worry about food riots all over Africa
and even in Italy, there is concern. What
cannot be denied is that global supply
chains and yes food chains have been
severely disrupted as result
of all of this. It's not going to get better
but rather worse the longer these lockdowns
continue. The US has enough food to feed its
population, but disruptions could transpire
due to many of the factors we have seen,
outbreaks in food processing plants being
one. Another is that critical supplies
needed to make things like fertilizer could
become scarce. There are many smaller pieces
of the whole food chain that could break
down making serious problems, perhaps not
now, but months from now. It could be simple
things like major machinery breaking down at
or after its normal or predetermined
life-cycle and the inability to get
replacement parts for it.

In India, the problems are real for
farmers. Either they feed their crops to the
animals on the farms or they let it spoil or
rot in the fields. This effects India's
exports to many countries have seen a
significant drop as noted in the import
totals from India. So next time you hear the
word 'covidiot' bantered about by the
Medical Priesthood and their agents in the
press, consider that food shortages also
cause many problems, like social unrest,
violence and of course one key medical
condition that no one seems to want to
contemplate on a wide scale in the US. It is
known as malnutrition.

Another aspect of this
simply cannot be ignored so I will talk
about it for just a moment. That is the fact
that there are interests both here in the US
and abroad who would like nothing better
than to shut down and permanently cripple
the US economy. We have people in elected
office right now in the US who consistently
call for socialism and lambaste the
incredibly successful US economic model
(albeit with many deep and systemic
problems). The geopolitical foes of the US
would want to push and push hard to keep the
whole US economy locked down and shut down
for as long as it takes to ensure the maximum
damage has been inflicted. This is
something we need to watch for. I want to
make this plain as well. There are many
foreign 'agents' inside our nation. Their
presence ranges from places in Academia,
State, Local and Federal Government, Media
and elsewhere. Always keep in mind the kinds
of people and the level they were at who
were receiving foreign money, often
illegally. There are numerous scandals on
this we have seen over the years.

But this kind of influence goes right into
the very heart of the US security apparatus
and this is why we have to keep our eyes
open for some of the characters we see up in
Washington and what they are pushing for and
try to find out why. Chinese espionage,
particularly on the US has been incredibly
successful... for them.

So as this pandemic continues on and there
are more calls to keep everything closed ask
yourself if those who are calling for it
realize the damage it will do? Or do they
care? Or is damage exactly what they desire
so that they can bring in what they want
when the country is severely weakened and
civil unrest becomes uncontrollable.

In closing, let me say
this. I see the hand of God in this. Yes, I
think the devil was behind the creation of
this frankenvirus. Yes, this clearly to me
looks like a disease created in a test tube
and may have been released prematurely
before it could reach maximum lethality or
as a result of a genuine accident or in the
course of some shenanigans related to
bio-espionage. Everyone is blaming China
right now as the epicenter/creator/releaser.
This is entirely possible, but I am not 100%
convinced of this. The key is that now, the
whole world is effected, regardless of who
the initial creator or target of it
was.

I know many of you get a little upset with
me because I speak along the lines of
getting the economy back. Well, while the
Lord has not fully revealed his mind to me,
I can say that he made it plain to me around
last Thanksgiving that this was going to be
a key year for the economy and not
for the better. In truth, healing the
country and its economy without any real
signs of genuine repentance is
probably something that God is not the least
bit interested in. He may be chastising the
nation and the world enough to get our
attention. If we don't repent, it is very
possible worse may follow. Could you imagine
a major natural disaster in a city where
there is a major problem with this disease
or worse a new one that hits us all at the
same time this one is raging? When Babylon
falls, I note that the word plagues (plural) is
used (Rev18:4;
18:8).

So the nation needs to change its ways.
God can and will listen and heal, if we hear
him and repent (change our ways). Have we
seen any of that? No, I see new gods being
erected in the nation, built and sustained
by the Medical Priesthood and certain
elements in government and elsewhere who are
foaming at the mouth like a rabid dog in
their lust for more political and economic
power over the nation, its money and its
people. It appears that these interests see
a way to bring in their long sought after
surveillance and people control methods
using this pandemic as an excuse.

In other news...

Neiman Marcus may be
about to file for bankruptcy according to
news reports.

24 Hour Fitness is
reportedly considering a bankruptcy
filing.

JCPenny is another company that people
are watching for a filing.

Lord and Taylor is also reportedly
considering a Bankruptcy filing.

US movie theaters are
wondering about how they will reopen...
or if. On that note, I read today (from
the Hollywood reporter) that in some
places in the world, Drive-In Theaters
are booming and even sold out. Why?
Social distancing regulations. People
just want to get out of the house for a
bit and this is one way to do it and
keep social distancing at the same time.
Will drive-ins make a comeback? Who
knows?

Hn Leong Trading out of
Singapore has filed for Bankruptcy,
according to news reports. A scandal may
be attached to it, according to news
reports.

I wish I could provide something
'deeper' for each of you, spiritually speaking
in these times, but right now, the word seems to
be watch and wait. He has not given me any
special instructions save those he gave me late
last year and those were personal - those I have
obeyed. Nor has he told me to say anything to
you here that is special on the site.

Fret not thyself. God knows sees and understands
all.

Let the voice of faith rather than fear guide
you in these times.

Be ready for significant long lasting changes
because for many of us, they may be just around
the corner.

Surely
the Lord Jehovah will do nothing,
except he reveal his secret
unto his servants the prophets.
(Amos 3:7 [engASV1901eb])

I make NO CLAIMS to being a
prophet, but I will say that for many, many long
years (two decades) this site has had an
enormous amount of material warning this nation
about its ways, about the real state of the
economy and the plans certain people and groups
have for the nation and the world. For two
decades I have warned as a dutiful watchman.

But when the Lord reveals a
secret and says be silent about it, ie., this
word is for you alone, I must obey that word as
well. So, yes, I knew something very big was
coming and it's effects would deeply effect the
economy. I did not know it was going to
be a pandemic that was going to set it
off. Strangely I almost asked the Lord
about what would cause it, but did not, Frankly
I was just a little afraid of the answer. So
this aspect of it was not revealed to me. I have
learned by over six decades on this earth and
many years with top clearances inside the US
intelligence community that there are some
things I just would rather not know.

So get ready brothers if this nation does not
repent of its thefts, murders, fornication,
homosexuality, witchcraft, hate, frauds, drug
abuse, violence, I just don't see things getting
much better for us. I may be wrong, I speak here
not as any kind of prophet. Only someone who
knows his God and listens carefully to him and
does what he is commanded.

As the saying goes, 'it's come
to Jesus time' for the nation but instead the
nation is looking for salvation in vaccines,
bailouts and political leaders who sometimes,
just don't have the nations best interest at
heart.

The markets are going crazy and if you doubt me,
take a look at the activity of late in the Oil
markets. What is happening is no 'blip' on the
radar and needs to be taken seriously as a
warning sign of danger ahead.

I hope this little update is of
help to all of you and that you get something
out of it. I will continue to update insiders
daily on events in the world and what they mean
to the small flock who love the Lord and
demonstrate it by doing the things he commands.

Blessings of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ be upon on those who obey him in
these trouble times.

Brother Mark

16 Apr

Know Your Enemy

I have always felt that
one of the most lacking things in modern
Christian teachings and theology is an
understanding of our enemy. That being
Satan and the host of Fallen Angels,
demons and other spiritual entities that
rebelled against God.

One thing I can say positive about the
Catholic Church is that they understand
the need for this and have exorcists to
deal with real cases of demonic
possession. But what are demons? Are they
the same as fallen angels? Why is that
some fallen angels were consigned to
chains and others spiritual rebels were
allowed to remain outside of those chains
and even reside for a time in heaven?

I do not know the answer to all of these
questions. But I have long studied these
issues with considerable depth and have
engaged in more than one very deep battle
against these forces in my own life. So I
know the devil is real and so are those
who help him. I also know that God has
given us some but not a great deal of
information on the fallen angels and what
they can do and what they cannot do. He
has also given us great authority and
power in the person and work of Jesus
Christ.

I bring this up because over the next few
months, I will be looking at some of these
issues as they effect us today. My own
personal deep suspicion is that satan is
making his final preparations for his
final ejection from Heaven. This is
because he knows the Bible better than
most of us, he knows what is going to
happen to him and that he is going to be
cast down here and will not have much time
(see Rev 9:10ff).

I suspect that one of the reasons (the
deeper spiritual reasons) why we are
seeing such a move into AI, genetically
enhanced humans and cybernetic humans is
because some of these fallen spirits will
want bodies to posses. I suspect that our
leaders will be wittingly and unwittingly
creating those bodies and this is why we
need to keep our eyes on the issue of how
science is creating a new race of
'supermen'. This is indeed what they
appear to be doing, though they will never
admit such thing. Supermen is by the way,
what Hitler was indeed trying to create
with his Aryan breeding program
(Lebensborn). Now the technology to do
this is here, right down to the DNA level.

Always keep this in mind because it is
essential. Technological breakthroughs
like this are usually carefully concealed
from us and what they often tell us today,
is what they have been doing for years and
did not reveal to us.

I want to go over something now that I
talked about before a couple of years ago
that we need to keep in mind going
forward. It is important.

And they arrived at the country of
the Gerasenes,
which is over against Galilee.
And when he was come forth upon the land,
there met him a certain man out of the
city,
who had demons; and for a long time
he had worn no clothes, and abode not in
any house,
but in the tombs. And when he saw Jesus,
he cried out, and fell down before him,
and with a loud voice said, What have I to
do with thee,
Jesus, thou Son of the Most High
God?
I beseech thee, torment me not.
For he was commanding the unclean spirit
to come out from the man. For oftentimes
it had seized him: and he was kept under
guard,
and bound with chains and fetters;
and breaking the bands asunder,
he was driven of the demon into the
deserts.
And Jesus asked him, What is thy name?
And he said, Legion; for many demons
were entered into him. And they entreated
him that he would not command them to
depart into the abyss. Now there was
there a herd of many swine
feeding on the mountain: and they
entreated him that he would give them
leave to enter into them. And he gave them
leave.
And the demons came out from the man,
and entered into the swine: and the herd
rushed down the steep into the lake, and
were drowned.
And when they that fed them saw what
had come to pass, they fled, and told it
in the city
and in the country. And they went
out to see what had come to pass;
and they came to Jesus, and found the man,
from whom the demons were gone out,
sitting, clothed and in his right mind,
at the feet of Jesus: and they were
afraid.
And they that saw it told them how
he that was possessed with demons
was made whole.
(Luke 8:26-36 - ASV)

Note some things in
this narrative because it is important.
There was more than one devil in one
person. There were thousands who possessed
him. Second, that when Jesus cast them
out, they went into the pigs. This shows
us that these demons are able to jump
species. It is not just men they can
possess but also animals.

Also note that these demons knew who Jesus
was and they were frightened that he was
going to send them to their place of
eventual torment('before the time' Matt.
8:29). Christ has
mercy on them.

This to me is a bit shocking or used to
be. Why this is so, is not clear, but it
may have to do with the class of evil
spirit that they belong to. We will get
into that later in the series.

Now this is where I may lose a few of you
here, but I beg you to bear with me
and pay close attention - I am not
unstudied in these matters. I am not
claiming this to be 100% accurate but it
goes by what I have learned and studied
and on some levels even experienced in my
years of walking with Jesus and I have
been in some pretty tough spiritual
battles in my past. Now let us look at a
few things.

Let's start off with Jude, one of my
favorite NT books, it's very direct
brevity and no nonsense style is what I
like about it.

Jude,
a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of
James,
to them that are called, beloved in God
the Father,
and kept for Jesus Christ: Mercy unto you
and peace
and love be multiplied. Beloved, while I
was giving

all
diligence to write unto you of our
common salvation, I was constrained to
write unto you exhorting you to contend
earnestly for the faith which was once for
all delivered unto the saints.
For there are certain men crept in
privily,
even they who were of old written of
beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly
men, turning
the grace of our God into lasciviousness,
and denying our only Master and Lord,
Jesus Christ.
Now I desire to put you in remembrance,
though ye know all things once for all,
that the Lord,
having saved a people out of the land of
Egypt,
afterward destroyed them that believed
not.
And angels that kept not their own
principality,
but left their proper habitation,
he hath kept in everlasting bonds
under darkness unto the judgment of the
great day.
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities
about them,
having in like manner with these given
themselves over to fornication and gone
after strange flesh,
are set forth as an example,
suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
(Jude 1:1-7 - ASV)

Jude is reminding them of
something, something they already knew and
seem to have forgotten. That being that like
those Israelite's who fled Egypt, God
destroyed those who refused to believe God and
obey his words. As we all know, they did not
get into the promised land. Then he goes on to
talk about another class of spirits who once
were God's and fell out of favor, that is the
subject we are talking about now - angels who
kept not their first estate. However note
something here, for it is important. These
spirits are not roaming around tombs and
wildernesses like those spirits we saw in
Luke. No, these are in everlasting chains
reserved until the day of Judgment. So here we
see at least two classes of fallen spirits.
But clearly there is another class as we saw
in revelation chapter 12. The devil is cast
out of heaven and drags a third of the
heavenly host with him. They were in heaven
and are not in chains and are later cast down
to earth before the final beast system arrives
on earth and only after the war
in heaven. When that happens he only has a
short time (Rev 12:12)

So now we appear to have three classes. The
devils who can possess men who are among us
and have been for a long time, the fallen
angels who are in chains and these other
spirits who are later cast out of heaven. So
who are they? What is going on?

Well, over the next several weeks we are going
to be intermittently looking at this issue because
the kinds of spiritual warfare we may be
called upon to engage in will require us to
have a better understanding of these things
that most Christians these days have.

These things are strong meat. This is not
going to be the spiritual 'Baby Food'
that we get at most Christian churches and we
are going to have to dig and dig to get some
answers.

As I do this series, I covet your prayers.
I often come under heavy demonic attack when I
have to deal with this subject or study it or
when I have to put on my prayer warrior helmet
and start praying against demonic
strongholds. So I particularly
covet your prayers at this time. I
do need them.

So stay tuned... intermittently we will be
talking about these things so that we know who
are enemy is and know how to do battle against
the fallen host of spirits who turned on God
and rebelled against the Most High.